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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Park City?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Park City leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Park City 40: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Park City 18: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Park City 25: Chengdu leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Park City 92: Park City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Park City 40: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Park City 68: Park City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Park City 60: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Park City 35: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Park City 12: Chengdu leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Park City 28: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Park City 52: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Park City.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Park City
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduPark City
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m2,134 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduPark City
City population20,937,7578,396
People per km²1,456185
Museums within 10 km101
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.