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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Paphos?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Guilin and Paphos are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Paphos 70: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Paphos 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Paphos 25: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Paphos 52: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Paphos 22: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Paphos 42: Paphos leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Paphos.

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.

Paphos
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Paphos has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinPaphos
Official languagePutonghuaTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m72 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinPaphos
City population4,931,13735,961
People per km²-1,987
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.