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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Cadiz 80, Guilin 8: Cadiz leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Guilin 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Guilin 40: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Guilin 30: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Guilin 56: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Guilin 45: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Guilin 45: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Guilin 28: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Guilin 30: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Guilin 40: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Guilin.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGuilin
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
Elevation11 m153 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGuilin
City population109,9504,931,137
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.