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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Guilin or Valletta?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Valletta 56: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Valletta 50: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Valletta 32: Guilin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Valletta.

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 prices with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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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GuilinValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinValletta
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m56 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinValletta
City population4,931,1375,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.