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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Atlanta 10, Guilin 8: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Guilin 45: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Guilin 40: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Guilin 30: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Guilin 45: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Guilin 28: Atlanta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Guilin 30: Atlanta leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Guilin.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
14 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

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaGuilin
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation225 m153 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaGuilin
City population498,7154,931,137
People per km²1,433-
Museums within 10 km271
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. 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.