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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Guilin or Madrid?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Madrid 60: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Madrid 50: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Madrid 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 Madrid.

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 prices with your weighting.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinMadrid

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMadrid
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMadrid
City population4,931,1373,506,730
People per km²-5,801
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.