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Best time to visit Guilin and Yangshuo
China · East Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Guilin and Yangshuo
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- JanJGuilin and Yangshuo in January: ok
- FebFGuilin and Yangshuo in February: ok
- MarMGuilin and Yangshuo in March: ok
- AprAGuilin and Yangshuo in April: ok
- MayMGuilin and Yangshuo in May: ok
- JunJGuilin and Yangshuo in June: avoid
- JulJGuilin and Yangshuo in July: avoid
- AugAGuilin and Yangshuo in August: avoid, busy
- SepSGuilin and Yangshuo in September: ok
- OctOGuilin and Yangshuo in October: sweet spot, busy
- NovNGuilin and Yangshuo in November: sweet spot
- DecDGuilin and Yangshuo in December: sweet spot
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Guilin and Yangshuo
- Li River River in the People's Republic of China
- Moon Hill Another popular scenic spot south of town.
- Jingjiang Princes' City Historical site in Guangxi, China
- Silver Cave Cave in Guilin, China
- Zengpiyan Archaeological site
- Seven-Star Cave Cave system in Guangxi, China
- Jianshan Temple Buddhist temple in Guilin, China
Tours and tickets in Guilin and Yangshuo
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Yangshuo), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16° | 8d | 74% | 5.4h | ok | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Feb | 17° | 10d | 78% | 4.8h | ok | 17C max, 10 rainy days |
| Mar | 22° | 15d | 81% | 5.2h | ok | 22C max, 15 rainy days |
| Apr | 25° | 14d | 81% | 6.6h | ok | 25C max, 14 rainy days |
| May | 28° | 15d | 83% | 7.9h | ok | 28C max, 15 rainy days |
| Jun | 31° | 17d | 85% | 8.3h | avoid | monsoon: 17 rainy days, 345mm |
| Jul | 33° | 12d | 81% | 10.2h | avoid | 33C max, 12 rainy days |
| Aug | 32° | 12d | 82% | 10.1h | avoid busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 32° | 7d | 75% | 9.5h | ok | 32C max, 7 rainy days |
| Oct | 27° | 5d | 70% | 8.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 22° | 7d | 73% | 7.1h | sweet spot | 22C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 17° | 6d | 70% | 6.7h | sweet spot | 17C max, 6 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Yangshuo, on the Li River (60 km): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Guilin and Yangshuo's March days now average 21.6°C, 3.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 10 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 13.2° | 13.4° | 18.0° | 22.9° | 26.3° | 29.2° | 30.6° | 31.2° | 29.0° | 25.2° | 19.9° | 15.8° |
| 2017–26 | 15.6° | 16.6° | 21.6° | 25.3° | 28.4° | 30.6° | 32.5° | 32.4° | 31.7° | 26.9° | 22.1° | 16.5° |
| Change | +2.3° | +3.2° | +3.6° | +2.4° | +2.1° | +1.4° | +1.9° | +1.2° | +2.7° | +1.7° | +2.2° | +0.7° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Guilin (Lingui) (KWL), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Guilin (Lingui).
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Guilin and Yangshuo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
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Before you go
Type A and C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Renminbi. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for China: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Most payments are made by phone with Alipay or WeChat Pay: link a Visa, Mastercard or other foreign card to either app, then scan the shop's QR code. Many hotels and larger shops take foreign cards, but many places do not, so carry some yuan in case the apps fail you.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected in most restaurants and hotels, or in taxis; bars and cafeterias in hotels, and some other restaurants and bars, may add a 10-15% service charge.
Getting around Guilin and Yangshuo
- Apps — Rides: DiDi, Amap. Maps: Amap, Baidu Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WeChat. Google and WhatsApp are blocked in mainland China, as are Facebook, YouTube and X; WeChat, Alipay and DiDi all work in English.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance 120 · fire 119. Traffic police are on 122.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
- Hospitals near Guilin and Yangshuoa search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Guilin and Yangshuoa search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Guilin and Yangshuo in pictures
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Nearby
- Hong Kong Hong Kong · 443 km
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- Hanoi Vietnam · 633 km
- Ninh Bình Vietnam · 685 km
Kind of place
Guilin and Yangshuo is in China, East Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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