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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Mazatlan?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Mazatlan 66: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Mazatlan 45: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Mazatlan 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Mazatlan 30: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Mazatlan 70: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Mazatlan 35: Guilin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Mazatlan.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMazatlan
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m139 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMazatlan
City population4,931,137441,975
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.