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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Guilin or Hiroshima?

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Hiroshima 62: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Hiroshima 58: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Hiroshima.

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.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHiroshima
Official languagePutonghuaJapanese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 110, fire 119
Elevation153 m3 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHiroshima
City population4,931,1371,198,021
People per km²-1,324
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.