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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Tallinn?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Tallinn 52: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Tallinn 44: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Tallinn 55: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Tallinn 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Tallinn 60: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Tallinn 72: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Tallinn 40: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Tallinn 47: Chengdu leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu and Tallinn are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Tallinn 50: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Tallinn.

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 prices with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduTallinn
Official languagePutonghuaEstonian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m28 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduTallinn
City population20,937,757457,572
People per km²1,4562,871
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.