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Best time to visit Guilin

China · 25.28°N 110.29°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Guilin is October to November, when mean temperatures run from 15 °C59 °F to 21 °C70 °F and rainfall runs 72–88 mm2.8–3.5 in a month.

The rainy season runs March to August, and April to July is a true monsoon — 184–328 mm7.2–13 in a month, peaking in May at 328 mm13 in. July is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 8 °C46 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 25.28, 110.29 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Guilin weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: October to November.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
46°JAN562.248°FEB883.513°55°MAR1285.019°65°APR2329.123°73°MAY3281326°79°JUN2881128°82°JUL1847.228°82°AUG1606.325°77°SEP722.821°69°OCT883.515°59°NOV722.811°51°DEC481.9
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Guilin's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January562.2846drytoo cold
February883.5948showerstoo cold
March1285.01355rainytoo cold
April2329.11965monsoonmonsoon
May328132373monsoonmonsoon
June288112679monsoontoo hot
July1847.22882monsoontoo hot
August1606.32882rainytoo hot
September722.82577showerstoo hot
October883.52169showersgood
November722.81559showersgood
December481.91151drytoo cold

When to go to Guilin, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersOctober to November
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonAugust to September
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersSeptember
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonDecember to March
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Guilin?

Yes. The rainy season runs March to August, and April to July is a true monsoon — 184–328 mm7.2–13 in a month, peaking in May at 328 mm13 in. Outside it, December to January is dry.

July is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 8 °C46 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,744 mm69 in.

Where to go instead when Guilin doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Guilin doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.