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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Oaxaca 62: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Oaxaca 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Oaxaca 77: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Oaxaca.

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 families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinOaxaca
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m1,555 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinOaxaca
City population4,931,137258,913
People per km²-3,028
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.