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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Portland 68: Portland leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Portland 38: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Portland 52: Portland leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Portland 84: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Portland 58: Portland leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Portland 55: Portland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Portland 62: Portland leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Portland 52: Portland leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Portland 38: Guilin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Portland 55: Portland leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Portland 42: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Portland.

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.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinPortland
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m152 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinPortland
City population4,931,137652,503
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.