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A palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay, Akumal
AkumalA palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Akumal or Guilin?

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 Akumal for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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. Akumal 88, Guilin 8: Akumal leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Akumal 28, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Akumal 6, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Akumal 7, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Akumal 77, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Akumal 68, Guilin 56: Akumal leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Akumal 70, Guilin 45: Akumal leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Akumal 18, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Akumal 7, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Akumal 36, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Akumal 4, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Akumal 55, Guilin 40: Akumal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Guilin.

Your match

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

Akumal
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on prices 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.

Akumal in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAkumalGuilin
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPutonghua
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation11 m153 m
Main airportCancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAkumalGuilin
City population2,1544,931,137
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.