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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Manchester?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Manchester leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Manchester 51: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Manchester 64: Guilin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Manchester 42: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Manchester 15: Guilin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Manchester.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinManchester
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112 or 999
Elevation153 m38 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinManchester
City population4,931,137547,627
People per km²-4,737
Museums within 10 km128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.