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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Guilin or Huntington Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Huntington Beach 46: Huntington Beach leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Huntington Beach 14: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Huntington Beach 58: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Huntington Beach 20: Guilin leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Huntington Beach 42: Huntington Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Huntington Beach 28: Guilin leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Huntington Beach 33: Huntington Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Huntington Beach 36: Guilin leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinHuntington Beach
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m12 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinHuntington Beach
City population4,931,137198,711
People per km²-2,406
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.