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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Salt Lake City?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Salt Lake City 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin and Salt Lake City are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Salt Lake City 34: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Salt Lake City 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Salt Lake City 36: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Salt Lake City 40: Guilin leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

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
44match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on families 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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GuilinSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSalt Lake City
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m1,288 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSalt Lake City
City population4,931,137199,723
People per km²-690
Museums within 10 km112
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.