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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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. Granada 38, Guilin 8: Granada leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Guilin 45: Granada leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Guilin 40: Granada leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Guilin 30: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Guilin 56: Granada leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Guilin 45: Granada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Guilin 45: Granada leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Guilin 28: Granada leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Guilin 30: Granada leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Guilin 40: Granada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Guilin.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 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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GranadaGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaGuilin
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation693 m153 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaGuilin
City population233,9754,931,137
People per km²2,659-
Museums within 10 km201
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). 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.