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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Guilin or Warsaw?

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 Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Warsaw 47: Guilin leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Warsaw 52: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Warsaw 64: Guilin leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Warsaw 35: Guilin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuilinWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinWarsaw
Official languagePutonghuaPolish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m118 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinWarsaw
City population4,931,1371,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.