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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Skopje?

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
  • families

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

Choose Skopje for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Skopje 52: Skopje leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Skopje 42: Skopje leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Skopje 70: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Guilin and Skopje are level on 56.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Skopje 35: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guilin and Skopje are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Skopje 40: Skopje leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Skopje 38: Skopje leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Skopje 27: Guilin leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Skopje.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guilin
44match

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

Skopje
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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
14 hdaylight a day

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSkopje
Official languagePutonghuaAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Denar (MKD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m251 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSkopje
City population4,931,137422,540
People per km²-739
Museums within 10 km117
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. 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.