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The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Arequipa 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 Arequipa for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Guilin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Arequipa and Guilin are level on 8.
Food & drink. Arequipa 66, Guilin 45: Arequipa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Arequipa 64, Guilin 40: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Arequipa 36, Guilin 30: Arequipa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Arequipa 74, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Arequipa 30, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Arequipa 35, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Arequipa 54, Guilin 45: Arequipa leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Arequipa 44, Guilin 28: Arequipa leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Arequipa 82, Guilin 78: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Arequipa 27, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Arequipa 34, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Arequipa and Guilin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Arequipa
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on day trips 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.

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
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

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureArequipaGuilin
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaPutonghua
CurrencySol (PEN)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number111 or 911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2,335 m153 m
Main airportRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureArequipaGuilin
City population1,008,2904,931,137
People per km²1,551-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.