VacationSelector
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Interlaken?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Interlaken 25: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Interlaken 8: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Interlaken 15: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Interlaken 22: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Interlaken 8: Guilin leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Interlaken 15: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Interlaken are level on 40.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Interlaken.

Your match

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

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400500JFMAMJJASOND
GuilinInterlaken

Where the figures come from

Interlaken 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). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinInterlaken
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m571 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinInterlaken
City population4,931,1376,123
People per km²-1,424
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Guilin or Interlaken somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.