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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Breckenridge 4, Guilin 8: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge and Guilin are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Guilin 88: Breckenridge leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Guilin 45: Breckenridge leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Guilin 45: Breckenridge leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Guilin 30: Breckenridge leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 30, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Breckenridge and Guilin.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BreckenridgeGuilin

Where the figures come from

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeGuilin
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation2,926 m153 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeGuilin
City population5,0784,931,137
People per km²332-
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.