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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Udaipur?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Udaipur for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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, Udaipur 5: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Udaipur 42: Guilin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Udaipur 66: Udaipur leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Udaipur 18: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Udaipur 44: Guilin leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Udaipur 32: Guilin leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Udaipur 28: Guilin leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Udaipur 48: Udaipur leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Udaipur 32: Udaipur leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Udaipur
43match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Udaipur in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
257 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Udaipur 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). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinUdaipur
Official languagePutonghuaHindi, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119108 or 112
Elevation153 m578 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinUdaipur
City population4,931,137451,100
People per km²-12,192
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.