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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Perth?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Perth 58: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Perth 72: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Perth 48: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Perth 74: Perth leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Perth 55: Perth leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Perth 44: Perth leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Perth 28: Guilin leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Perth 50: Perth leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Perth 38: Guilin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Perth.

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.

Perth
Best match
53match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinPerth
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119000
Elevation153 m2 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinPerth
City population4,931,1372,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.