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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Krakow?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Krakow 62: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Krakow 72: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Krakow 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 Krakow.

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.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife 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
14 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinKrakow
Official languagePutonghuaPolish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m219 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinKrakow
City population4,931,137804,237
People per km²-2,459
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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. 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.