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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Chengdu or Sarajevo?

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

  • families
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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, Sarajevo 6: Sarajevo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Sarajevo 60: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Sarajevo 44: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Sarajevo 62: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Sarajevo 38: Chengdu leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Sarajevo 60: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Sarajevo 40: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chengdu and Sarajevo are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Sarajevo 40: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on families and food and drink with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSarajevo
Official languagePutonghuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m518 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSarajevo
City population20,937,757275,524
People per km²1,4561,947
Museums within 10 km1025
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.