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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Seville?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Seville 73: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Seville 82: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Seville 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Seville 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu and Seville are level on 80.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Seville 55: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Seville 72: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Seville 55: Chengdu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Seville 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Seville 68: Seville leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Seville 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 Seville.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSeville
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
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 m18 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSeville
City population20,937,757689,423
People per km²1,4564,896
Museums within 10 km1024
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. 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.