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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Verona?

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 Verona for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Verona 76: Verona leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Verona 37: Verona leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Verona 65: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Verona 92: Verona leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Verona 68: Verona leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Verona 52: Verona leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Verona 46: Guilin leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Verona 66: Verona leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Verona 48: Verona leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinVerona
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 m59 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinVerona
City population4,931,137255,588
People per km²-1,285
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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.