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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Las Vegas?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Las Vegas 25: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Las Vegas 68: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Las Vegas 25: Guilin leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Las Vegas 25: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Las Vegas 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Las Vegas 35: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Las Vegas are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
14 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). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLas Vegas
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m610 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLas Vegas
City population4,931,137641,903
People per km²-1,843
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.