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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License.

Guilin or Heidelberg?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Heidelberg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg 7: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Heidelberg 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Heidelberg 58: Heidelberg leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Heidelberg 38: Heidelberg leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Heidelberg 60: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Heidelberg 78: Heidelberg leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Heidelberg 62: Heidelberg leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Heidelberg 72: Heidelberg leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Heidelberg 40: Heidelberg leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Heidelberg 42: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Heidelberg 48: Heidelberg leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Heidelberg 44: Heidelberg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Heidelberg.

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.

Heidelberg
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinHeidelberg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHeidelberg
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 m114 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHeidelberg
City population4,931,137156,092
People per km²-1,433
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.