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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Guilin or Havana?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Havana leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Havana 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Havana 77: Havana leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Havana 60: Havana leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Havana 34: Guilin leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Havana 38: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Havana 34: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Havana 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Havana 30: Havana leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Havana 58: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Havana 74: Havana leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Havana 22: Guilin leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Havana.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Havana 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. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHavana
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation153 m59 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHavana
City population4,931,1372,492,618
People per km²-3,423
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.