VacationSelector
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guilin or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Guilin leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guilin 45, Windhoek 36: Guilin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Guilin 40, Windhoek 30: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Guilin 30, Windhoek 25: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guilin 88, Windhoek 52: Guilin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Guilin 56, Windhoek 14: Guilin leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Guilin 45, Windhoek 30: Guilin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guilin 45, Windhoek 22: Guilin leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Guilin 28, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guilin 78, Windhoek 62: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guilin 30, Windhoek 18: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guilin 40, Windhoek 30: Guilin leads by 10 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guilin and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Guilin
Best match
44match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on shopping 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400500JFMAMJJASOND
GuilinWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuilinWindhoek
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation153 m1,650 m
Main airportGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuilinWindhoek
City population4,931,137486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Guilin or Windhoek somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.