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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or New York?

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 New York for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, New York 92: New York leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, New York 89: New York leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, New York 97: New York leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, New York 55: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, New York 68: New York leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, New York 70: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, New York 82: New York leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, New York 97: New York leads by 69 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, New York 12: Guilin leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, New York 99: New York leads by 69 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, New York 42: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and New York.

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.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinNew York
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m25 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinNew York
City population4,931,1378,804,190
People per km²-7,256
Museums within 10 km1157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.