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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Skopje?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Skopje for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Skopje leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Skopje 52: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Skopje 56: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Skopje 42: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Skopje 56: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Skopje 35: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Skopje 45: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Skopje 40: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chengdu and Skopje are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Skopje 38: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Skopje 27: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Skopje.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSkopje
Official languagePutonghuaAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Denar (MKD)
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 m251 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSkopje
City population20,937,757422,540
People per km²1,456739
Museums within 10 km1017
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. 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.