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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Guilin for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • 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. Goreme 3, Guilin 8: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Guilin 40: Goreme leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Guilin 56: Goreme leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Guilin 28: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Guilin 40: Goreme leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Guilin.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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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Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeGuilin
Official languageTurkishPutonghua
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation1,100 m153 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeGuilin
City population2,0004,931,137
People per km²20-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.