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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Catania 72, Guilin 8: Catania leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Guilin 45: Catania leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Guilin 40: Catania leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Guilin 30: Catania leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Guilin 56: Catania leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Guilin 45: Catania leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Guilin 45: Catania leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Guilin 28: Catania leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Guilin 30: Catania leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 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: Catania and Guilin.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCataniaGuilin
Official languageItalianPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation7 m153 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaGuilin
City population311,5844,931,137
People per km²1,704-
Museums within 10 km251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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. 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.