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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche 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 Bariloche for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Bariloche 27, Guilin 8: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Guilin 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Guilin 88: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Guilin 45: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Guilin 28: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Guilin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche 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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGuilin
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation794 m153 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGuilin
City population136,3814,931,137
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km31
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). 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.