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The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Guilin or Wellington?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Wellington 78: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Wellington 40: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Wellington 33: Guilin leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Wellington 30: Guilin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinWellington
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119111
Elevation153 m0 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinWellington
City population4,931,137216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km112
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.