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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Pisa?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Pisa 55: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Pisa 40: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Pisa 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Pisa 52: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Pisa 38: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Pisa 55: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Pisa 38: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Pisa 45: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Pisa.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduPisa
Official languagePutonghuaItalian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m4 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduPisa
City population20,937,75788,737
People per km²1,456479
Museums within 10 km1027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.