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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Turin?

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 Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Turin leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Turin 81: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Turin 78: Turin leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Turin 50: Turin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Turin 80: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Turin 84: Turin leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Turin 57: Turin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Turin 68: Turin leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Turin 58: Turin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Turin 58: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Turin 65: Turin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Turin.

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.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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
14 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinTurin
Official languagePutonghuaItalian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m239 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinTurin
City population4,931,137841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

Where else could you go?

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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.