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The Red Tower and the harbour, Alanya
AlanyaThe Red Tower and the harbour
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Alanya by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Alanya or Manila?

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 Alanya for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Manila for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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. Alanya 84, Manila 12: Alanya leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Alanya 43, Manila 64: Manila leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Alanya 44, Manila 54: Manila leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Alanya 58, Manila 64: Manila leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alanya 68, Manila 40: Alanya leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Alanya 62, Manila 42: Alanya leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alanya 70, Manila 42: Alanya leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Alanya 50, Manila 26: Alanya leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Alanya 34, Manila 60: Manila leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Alanya 65, Manila 77: Manila leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alanya 15, Manila 50: Manila leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alanya 56, Manila 40: Alanya leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alanya and Manila.

Your match

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

Alanya
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alanya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alanya has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alanya: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlanyaManila
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m9 m
Main airportGazipaşa-Alanya Airport (GZP)38 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlanyaManila
City population364,1801,902,590
People per km²22876,104
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.