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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Nice?

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 Nice for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Nice 66: Nice leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Nice 64: Nice leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Nice 47: Nice leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Nice 80: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Nice 87: Nice leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Nice 57: Nice leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Nice 74: Nice leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Nice 55: Nice leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Nice 35: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Nice 45: Nice leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Nice are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Nice.

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.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinNice
Official languagePutonghuaFrench
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m0 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinNice
City population4,931,137357,737
People per km²-4,975
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.