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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Montego Bay?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Montego Bay 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Montego Bay 28: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Montego Bay 42: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Montego Bay 65: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Montego Bay 50: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Montego Bay 48: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Montego Bay 20: Chengdu leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Montego Bay 25: Chengdu leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Montego Bay 38: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Montego Bay 32: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Montego Bay 45: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMontego Bay
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation500 m19 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMontego Bay
City population20,937,757123,994
People per km²1,456-
Museums within 10 km100
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.