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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Belfast 20, Guilin 8: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Guilin 45: Belfast leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Guilin 40: Belfast leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Guilin 30: Belfast leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Guilin 56: Belfast leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Guilin 45: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Guilin 45: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Guilin 28: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Guilin 30: Belfast leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Guilin.

Your match

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

Belfast
Best match
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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BelfastGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastGuilin
Official languageEnglishPutonghua
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation3 m153 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastGuilin
City population345,0064,931,137
People per km²3,000-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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). 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.