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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baku 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 Baku for

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

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Baku 40, Guilin 8: Baku leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Guilin 45: Baku leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Guilin 40: Baku leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Guilin 30: Baku leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Baku and Guilin are level on 45.
Getting around. Baku 58, Guilin 45: Baku leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Guilin 28: Baku leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Guilin 30: Baku leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Guilin.

Your match

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

Baku
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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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BakuGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuGuilin
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguagePutonghua
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+8
Emergency number102 or 112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation-28 m153 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuGuilin
City population2,300,5004,931,137
People per km²1,075-
Museums within 10 km501
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.