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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or La Romana?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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 Romana 84: La Romana leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, La Romana 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, La Romana 24: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guilin and La Romana are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, La Romana 62: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, La Romana 52: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, La Romana 24: Guilin leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin and La Romana are level on 28.
Affordability. Guilin 78, La Romana 50: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, La Romana 17: Guilin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and La Romana.

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 prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinLa Romana

Where the figures come from

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLa Romana
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m10 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLa Romana
City population4,931,137139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.