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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Guilin or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Philadelphia 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Philadelphia 40: Guilin leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Philadelphia 26: Guilin leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Philadelphia.

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.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinPhiladelphia
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m12 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinPhiladelphia
City population4,931,1371,603,797
People per km²-4,339
Museums within 10 km154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.