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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz 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 Biarritz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Biarritz 68, Guilin 8: Biarritz leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Guilin 45: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Guilin 30: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Guilin 56: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Guilin 45: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Guilin 45: Biarritz leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Guilin 28: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Guilin 30: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Guilin 40: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Guilin.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Biarritz in July

24 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
97 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BiarritzGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzGuilin
Official languageFrenchPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation0 m153 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzGuilin
City population26,2064,931,137
People per km²2,240-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.