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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Bucharest and Guilin are level on 8.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Guilin 45: Bucharest leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Guilin 40: Bucharest leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Guilin 30: Bucharest leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Guilin 45: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Guilin 45: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Guilin 28: Bucharest leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Guilin 30: Bucharest leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Guilin 40: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Guilin.

Your match

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

Bucharest
Best match
51match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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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BucharestGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestGuilin
Official languageRomanianPutonghua
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation70 m153 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestGuilin
City population1,716,9614,931,137
People per km²7,597-
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.