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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Tirana?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Tirana 57: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Tirana 42: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Tirana 58: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Tirana 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Tirana 64: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Tirana 40: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Tirana 54: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Tirana 32: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Tirana 76: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Tirana 32: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Tirana 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 Tirana.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduTirana
Official languagePutonghuaAlbanian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Lek (ALL)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m110 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduTirana
City population20,937,757389,323
People per km²1,4569,314
Museums within 10 km1011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.