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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Nuremberg?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Nuremberg leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Nuremberg 53: Nuremberg leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Nuremberg 40: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Nuremberg 56: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Nuremberg 80: Nuremberg leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Nuremberg 45: Nuremberg leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Nuremberg 50: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Nuremberg.

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 prices with your weighting.

Nuremberg
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 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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GuilinNuremberg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinNuremberg
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 m209 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinNuremberg
City population4,931,137531,159
People per km²-2,848
Museums within 10 km150
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.