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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guilin or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Valparaiso 60: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Valparaiso 33: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Valparaiso 44: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Valparaiso 60: Guilin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Valparaiso 18: Guilin leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinValparaiso
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation153 m21 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinValparaiso
City population4,931,137296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.