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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala 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 Antigua Guatemala for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manila for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Antigua Guatemala 6, Manila 12: Manila leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Manila 64: Manila leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Manila 54: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Manila 64: Manila leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Manila 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Manila 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Manila 42: Manila leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Manila 26: Antigua Guatemala leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Manila 60: Manila leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Manila 77: Manila leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Manila 50: Manila leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Manila 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Manila.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Manila
48match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 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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Antigua GuatemalaManila

Where the figures come from

Antigua Guatemala has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManila
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m9 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManila
City population59,0911,902,590
People per km²-76,104
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.