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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Chengdu or Warsaw?

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

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Warsaw for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Warsaw 60: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Warsaw 66: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Warsaw 47: Chengdu leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Warsaw 52: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Warsaw 62: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Warsaw 72: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Warsaw 55: Chengdu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Warsaw 64: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Warsaw 35: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ChengduWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduWarsaw
Official languagePutonghuaPolish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m118 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduWarsaw
City population20,937,7571,862,402
People per km²1,4563,601
Museums within 10 km10117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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.