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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Ljubljana?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’s own page.

Choose Ljubljana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Chengdu 5, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Ljubljana 55: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Ljubljana 55: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Ljubljana 40: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Ljubljana 78: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Ljubljana 54: Chengdu leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Chengdu and Ljubljana are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Ljubljana 33: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Ljubljana 54: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu and Ljubljana are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Ljubljana 42: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Ljubljana.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduLjubljana
Official languagePutonghuaSlovene
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m309 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduLjubljana
City population20,937,757284,293
People per km²1,4561,736
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.