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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Guilin or Reykjavik?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Reykjavik 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Reykjavik 25: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Reykjavik 35: Guilin leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Reykjavik 25: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Reykjavik 6: Guilin leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Reykjavik.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Guilin
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Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Reykjavik
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Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinReykjavik
Official languagePutonghuaIcelandic
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m8 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinReykjavik
City population4,931,137138,772
People per km²-569
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.