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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

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. Daytona Beach 80, Guilin 8: Daytona Beach leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Guilin 30: Daytona Beach leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Guilin 56: Daytona Beach leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Guilin 45: Daytona Beach leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach and Guilin are level on 30.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 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: Daytona Beach and Guilin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Daytona BeachGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachGuilin
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation4 m153 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachGuilin
City population72,6474,931,137
People per km²440-
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.