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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Quebec 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 Quebec City for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec 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, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Quebec City 57: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Quebec City 42: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Quebec City 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Quebec City 64: Chengdu leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Quebec City 50: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Quebec City 45: Chengdu leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Quebec City 45: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Quebec City 55: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Quebec 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.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduQuebec City
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m98 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduQuebec City
City population20,937,757574,482
People per km²1,4561,184
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.