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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Lima?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Lima 88: Lima leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Lima 66: Lima leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Lima 62: Lima leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Lima 45: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Lima 34: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Lima 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Lima 35: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Lima 52: Lima leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Lima 70: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Lima 53: Lima leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Lima 25: Guilin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Lima.

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.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLima
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Sol (PEN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119111 or 911
Elevation153 m154 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLima
City population4,931,1379,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km147
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.