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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Chengdu leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Chengdu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

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 getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
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 m134 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population20,937,757258,308
People per km²1,456725
Museums within 10 km1013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.