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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Maastricht?

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

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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 and Maastricht are level on 8.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Maastricht 58: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Maastricht 38: Guilin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMaastricht
Official languagePutonghuaDutch
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m49 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMaastricht
City population4,931,137120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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. 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.