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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Toulouse?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Toulouse 66: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Toulouse 56: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Toulouse 58: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Toulouse 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Toulouse 62: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Toulouse 70: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Toulouse 50: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Toulouse 46: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Toulouse 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 Toulouse.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and 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
14 hdaylight a day

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduToulouse
Official languagePutonghuaFrench
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m115 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduToulouse
City population20,937,757514,819
People per km²1,4564,352
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. 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.