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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Guilin or Mexico City?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Mexico City 50: Guilin leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Mexico City 75: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Mexico City are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Mexico City.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMexico City
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m2,240 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMexico City
City population4,931,1379,209,944
People per km²-6,202
Museums within 10 km1108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.