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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Prague?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Prague 50: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Prague 65: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Prague 58: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Prague 77: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Prague 50: Chengdu leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Prague 83: Prague leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Prague 50: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Prague 62: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Prague 76: Prague leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Prague 40: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Prague.

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 prices with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduPrague
Official languagePutonghuaCzech
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m235 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduPrague
City population20,937,7571,397,880
People per km²1,4562,817
Museums within 10 km1088
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.