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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Santo Domingo?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Santo Domingo 36: Guilin leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Santo Domingo 44: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Santo Domingo 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Santo Domingo 40: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Santo Domingo 66: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Santo Domingo 22: Guilin leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Santo Domingo.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSanto Domingo
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m14 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSanto Domingo
City population4,931,1372,201,941
People per km²-1,691
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.