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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Split?

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

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Split 57: Split leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Split 66: Split leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Split 52: Split leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Split 77: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Split 78: Split leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Split 54: Split leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Split 67: Split leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Split 32: Split leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Split 45: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Split 37: Split leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Split.

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.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSplit
Official languagePutonghuaCroatian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
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 m0 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSplit
City population4,931,137160,577
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.