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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Guilin or Osaka?

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 Osaka for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Osaka 58: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Osaka 60: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinOsaka
Official languagePutonghuaJapanese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 110, fire 119
Elevation153 m20 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinOsaka
City population4,931,1372,751,862
People per km²-12,340
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.