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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Guilin or Mumbai?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Mumbai 55: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Mumbai 48: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Mumbai 35: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Mumbai 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Mumbai 72: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Mumbai 24: Guilin leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Mumbai.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMumbai
Official languagePutonghuaHindi, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119108 or 112
Elevation153 m14 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMumbai
City population4,931,13715,414,288
People per km²-25,563
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.