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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Guilin or Hobart?

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 Hobart for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guilin and Hobart are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Hobart 85: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Guilin and Hobart are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Hobart 35: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Hobart.

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.

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHobart
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119000
Elevation153 m54 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHobart
City population4,931,137197,451
People per km²-116
Museums within 10 km18
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.