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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Mumbai?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Mumbai 82: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Mumbai 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Mumbai 55: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Mumbai 48: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Mumbai 35: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Mumbai 38: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Mumbai 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Mumbai 24: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Mumbai.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMumbai
Official languagePutonghuaHindi, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119108 or 112
Elevation500 m14 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMumbai
City population20,937,75715,414,288
People per km²1,45625,563
Museums within 10 km101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.