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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Guilin or Izmir?

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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Izmir 66: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Izmir 66: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Izmir.

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.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinIzmir
Official languagePutonghuaTurkish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m2 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinIzmir
City population4,931,1374,493,242
People per km²-4,760
Museums within 10 km129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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. 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.