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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya 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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Antalya 82, Guilin 8: Antalya leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Guilin 45: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Guilin 40: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Guilin 30: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Guilin 56: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Guilin 45: Antalya leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Guilin 45: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Guilin 28: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Guilin 30: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Guilin 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Guilin.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaGuilin
Official languageTurkishPutonghua
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation30 m153 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaGuilin
City population2,426,3564,931,137
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.