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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Tel Aviv?

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 Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Tel Aviv 80: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Tel Aviv 57: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Tel Aviv 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Tel Aviv 64: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Tel Aviv 55: Chengdu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Tel Aviv 14: Chengdu leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Tel Aviv 35: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduTel Aviv
Official languagePutonghuaHebrew
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 100, fire 102
Elevation500 m5 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChengduTel Aviv
City population20,937,757467,875
People per km²1,4568,998
Museums within 10 km1098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

Where else could you go?

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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.