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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Vancouver?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Vancouver 45: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Vancouver 27: Guilin leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinVancouver
Official languagePutonghuaFrench, English
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation153 m2 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinVancouver
City population4,931,137662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.