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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Turin?

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
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Turin leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Turin 81: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Turin 78: Turin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Turin 50: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Turin 80: Turin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Turin 84: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Turin 57: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Turin 68: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Turin 58: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Turin 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Turin 65: Turin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Turin 40: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Turin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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
14 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduTurin
Official languagePutonghuaItalian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m239 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduTurin
City population20,937,757841,600
People per km²1,4566,474
Museums within 10 km1072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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.