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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Guilin or Singapore?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Singapore 45: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Singapore 25: Guilin leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Singapore 25: Guilin leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Singapore.

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.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSingapore
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation153 m21 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSingapore
City population4,931,1375,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km140
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.