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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Luxor?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Luxor 30: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Luxor 10: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Luxor 32: Guilin leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Luxor 30: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Luxor 35: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Luxor 25: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Luxor 10: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Luxor 28: Guilin leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Luxor.

Your match

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

Guilin
Best match
44match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinLuxor
Official languagePutonghuaArabic
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation153 m89 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinLuxor
City population4,931,137202,232
People per km²-486
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.