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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Salvador?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Salvador 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin and Salvador are level on 56.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Salvador 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Salvador 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Salvador 70: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Salvador 32: Guilin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Salvador.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSalvador
Official languagePutonghuaPortuguese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation153 m8 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSalvador
City population4,931,1372,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km149
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.