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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Montreal?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Montreal 78: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu and Montreal are level on 60.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Montreal 66: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Montreal 55: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Montreal 72: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Montreal 60: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Montreal 45: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Montreal 57: Chengdu leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 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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ChengduMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMontreal
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m31 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMontreal
City population20,937,7571,895,211
People per km²1,4563,806
Museums within 10 km1037
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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.