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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Guilin or Lisbon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Lisbon 75: Guilin leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Lisbon 55: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLisbon
Official languagePutonghuaPortuguese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m100 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLisbon
City population4,931,137545,796
People per km²-5,453
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.