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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Chengdu or Vienna?

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 Vienna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Vienna 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Vienna 50: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Vienna 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Vienna 74: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Vienna 62: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Vienna 44: Chengdu leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu and Vienna are level on 58.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Vienna.

Your match

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

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduVienna
Official languagePutonghuaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduVienna
City population20,937,7572,028,289
People per km²1,4564,890
Museums within 10 km10152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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.