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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Tunis?

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
  • families

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Tunis 33: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Tunis 45: Guilin leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Tunis 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Tunis.

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 families with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinTunis
Official languagePutonghuaArabic
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation153 m4 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinTunis
City population4,931,137602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.