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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Austin or Puerto Princesa?

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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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. Austin 30, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Puerto Princesa 38: Austin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Puerto Princesa 22: Austin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Puerto Princesa 26: Austin leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Puerto Princesa 12: Austin leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Puerto Princesa 45: Austin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Austin and Puerto Princesa are level on 30.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Puerto Princesa 20: Austin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Puerto Princesa 10: Austin leads by 67 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Puerto Princesa are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinPuerto Princesa

Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAustinPuerto Princesa
Official language-English, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m98 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinPuerto Princesa
City population961,855316,384
People per km²1,217133
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.