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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
La Paz

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or La Paz?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose La Paz for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, La Paz 82: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, La Paz 40: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, La Paz 10: Guilin leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Guilin and La Paz are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, La Paz 12: Guilin leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and La Paz.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guilin
44match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on shopping and prices 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinLa Paz

Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLa Paz
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m3,640 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLa Paz
City population4,931,137755,732
People per km²-1,601
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.