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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Chengdu or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, The Hague 48: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, The Hague 38: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, The Hague 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, The Hague 55: Chengdu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, The Hague 35: Chengdu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, The Hague 45: Chengdu leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and The Hague.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduThe Hague
Official languagePutonghuaDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduThe Hague
City population20,937,757548,320
People per km²1,4565,589
Museums within 10 km1054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.