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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Bled 50, Guilin 8: Bled leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Guilin 56: Bled leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Guilin 45: Bled leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Guilin 45: Bled leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Guilin 40: Bled leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Guilin.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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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BledGuilin

Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledGuilin
Official languageSlovenePutonghua
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
Elevation501 m153 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledGuilin
City population4,9694,931,137
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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). 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.