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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Nashville?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Nashville 62: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Nashville 50: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Nashville 46: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Nashville 52: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Nashville 55: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Nashville 30: Chengdu leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Nashville 42: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Nashville 30: Chengdu leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Nashville 20: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
46match

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduNashville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduNashville
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m182 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduNashville
City population20,937,757689,447
People per km²1,456506
Museums within 10 km1012
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.