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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Deer Valley 10, Guilin 8: Deer Valley leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Guilin 88: Deer Valley leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley 38, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Guilin 45: Deer Valley leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Guilin 45: Deer Valley leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley and Guilin are level on 30.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Guilin 40: Deer Valley leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Guilin.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on families and wellness 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.

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 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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Deer ValleyGuilin

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyGuilin
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
Elevation2,474 m153 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyGuilin
City population-4,931,137
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.