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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • wellness

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. Atlanta 10, Manila 12: Manila leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Manila 64: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Manila 54: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Manila 64: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Manila 40: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Manila 42: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Manila 42: Atlanta leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Manila 26: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Manila 60: Manila leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Manila 77: Manila leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Manila 50: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Manila 40: Manila leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta 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

Atlanta
49match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaManila
Official language-English, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation225 m9 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaManila
City population498,7151,902,590
People per km²1,43376,104
Museums within 10 km2727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.