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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Guilin or Strasbourg?

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 Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Strasbourg 62: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Strasbourg 44: Guilin leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinStrasbourg
Official languagePutonghuaFrench
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m132 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinStrasbourg
City population4,931,137293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.