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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Miami?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Miami 72: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Miami 57: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Miami 82: Miami leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Miami 64: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Miami 42: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Miami 64: Chengdu leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Miami 35: Chengdu leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Miami 71: Miami leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Miami 27: Chengdu leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Miami 55: Miami leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Miami 44: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Miami.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduMiami

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMiami
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m2 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMiami
City population20,937,757442,241
People per km²1,4563,046
Museums within 10 km1017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.