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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Guilin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and St. Petersburg, Florida.

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.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePutonghua-
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m134 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population4,931,137258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.