VacationSelector
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Guilin or Jakarta?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Jakarta 30: Guilin leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Jakarta 45: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Jakarta 36: Guilin leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
0255075100

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

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 day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400500JFMAMJJASOND
GuilinJakarta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinJakarta
Official languagePutonghuaIndonesian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m91 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinJakarta
City population4,931,13711,135,191
People per km²-16,821
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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