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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Guilin or Munich?

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 Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Munich leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Munich 62: Munich leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Munich 79: Munich leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Munich 56: Munich leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Munich 82: Guilin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Munich 86: Munich leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Munich 78: Munich leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Munich 86: Munich leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Munich 72: Munich leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Munich 32: Guilin leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Munich 84: Munich leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Munich 62: Munich leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Munich.

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.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinMunich
Official languagePutonghuaGerman
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 m519 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinMunich
City population4,931,1371,505,036
People per km²-4,844
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.