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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Guilin or Paris?

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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Paris leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Paris 96: Paris leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Paris 97: Paris leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Paris 80: Paris leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Paris 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Paris 92: Paris leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Paris 79: Paris leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Paris 88: Paris leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Paris 98: Paris leads by 70 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Paris 25: Guilin leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Paris 88: Paris leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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
14 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinParis
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 m27 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinParis
City population4,931,1372,103,778
People per km²-19,960
Museums within 10 km1251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.