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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Malaga?

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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Malaga leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Malaga 68: Malaga leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Malaga 65: Malaga leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Malaga 73: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Malaga 55: Malaga leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Malaga 55: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Malaga 45: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Malaga 42: Malaga leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Malaga.

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.

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMalaga
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 m18 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMalaga
City population4,931,137599,063
People per km²-1,517
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.