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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Tampa?

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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Tampa 55: Guilin leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Tampa 54: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Tampa 22: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Tampa 40: Guilin leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Tampa 30: Guilin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Tampa.

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.

Tampa
Best match
49match

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinTampa
City population4,931,137384,959
People per km²-848
Museums within 10 km16
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.