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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Salt Lake 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

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Salt Lake City 40: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Salt Lake City 42: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Salt Lake City 30: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Salt Lake City 34: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Salt Lake City 42: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Salt Lake City 36: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Salt Lake City 40: Chengdu leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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ChengduSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSalt Lake City
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m1,288 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSalt Lake City
City population20,937,757199,723
People per km²1,456690
Museums within 10 km1012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.