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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Portland 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Portland 38: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Portland 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Portland 84: Portland leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Portland 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Portland 55: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Portland 62: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Portland 52: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Portland 38: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Portland 55: Portland leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Portland 42: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Portland.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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ChengduPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduPortland
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m152 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduPortland
City population20,937,757652,503
People per km²1,4561,736
Museums within 10 km1017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.