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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • 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. Geneva 45, Guilin 8: Geneva leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Guilin 45: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Guilin 40: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Guilin 30: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Guilin 56: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Guilin 45: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Guilin 45: Geneva leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Guilin 28: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Guilin 30: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Guilin 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Guilin.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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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GenevaGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaGuilin
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshPutonghua
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation403 m153 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaGuilin
City population211,1524,931,137
People per km²13,280-
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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). 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.