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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guilin or Victoria Falls?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Victoria Falls 24: Guilin leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Victoria Falls 12: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Victoria Falls 8: Guilin leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Victoria Falls 22: Guilin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Victoria Falls 38: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Guilin and Victoria Falls are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Victoria Falls 18: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Victoria Falls 32: Guilin leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Victoria Falls 10: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Victoria Falls 34: Guilin leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinVictoria Falls
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119999
Elevation153 m961 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinVictoria Falls
City population4,931,13733,060
Museums within 10 km12
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.