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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Guilin 8: Bilbao leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Guilin 45: Bilbao leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Guilin 40: Bilbao leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Guilin 30: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Guilin 56: Bilbao leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Guilin 45: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Guilin 45: Bilbao leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Guilin 28: Bilbao leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Guilin 30: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 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: Bilbao and Guilin.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 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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BilbaoGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoGuilin
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation19 m153 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoGuilin
City population351,1244,931,137
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.