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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Tel Aviv 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Tel Aviv 14: Guilin leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Tel Aviv 35: Guilin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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 seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinTel Aviv
Official languagePutonghuaHebrew
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 100, fire 102
Elevation153 m5 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinTel Aviv
City population4,931,137467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.