VacationSelector
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Ubud?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Ubud 60: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Ubud 58: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Ubud 15: Chengdu leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Ubud 72: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Ubud 48: Chengdu leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Ubud 10: Chengdu leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Ubud 52: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Chengdu and Ubud are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Ubud 47: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 38 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Ubud.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
ChengduUbud

Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduUbud
Official languagePutonghuaIndonesian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m210 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChengduUbud
City population20,937,757-
People per km²1,456-
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Chengdu or Ubud somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.