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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Tallinn?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Tallinn 55: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Tallinn 47: Guilin leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinTallinn
Official languagePutonghuaEstonian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m28 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinTallinn
City population4,931,137457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.