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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Mendoza?

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

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Mendoza 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Mendoza 30: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Mendoza 40: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Mendoza 52: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Mendoza 42: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Mendoza 48: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Mendoza 33: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Mendoza 56: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Mendoza 33: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Mendoza 55: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduMendoza

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMendoza
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119117 or 911
Elevation500 m769 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMendoza
City population20,937,757127,160
People per km²1,4562,355
Museums within 10 km101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.