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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Perth?

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 Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Perth 58: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Perth 42: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Perth 42: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Perth 72: Perth leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Perth 48: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Perth 74: Perth leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Perth 55: Chengdu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Perth 44: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Perth 28: Chengdu leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu and Perth are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Perth 38: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Perth.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduPerth
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119000
Elevation500 m2 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduPerth
City population20,937,7572,141,834
People per km²1,456334
Museums within 10 km1015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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. 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.