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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Guilin or Hamburg?

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 Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Guilin 8, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Hamburg 55: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Hamburg 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Hamburg 38: Guilin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Guilin in July

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHamburg
Official languagePutonghuaGerman
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m6 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHamburg
City population4,931,1371,869,473
People per km²-2,476
Museums within 10 km177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.