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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Baku 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 Baku for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manila for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Baku 40, Manila 12: Baku leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Manila 64: Manila leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Manila 54: Baku leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Manila 64: Manila leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Manila 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Manila 42: Baku leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Manila 42: Baku leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Manila 26: Baku leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Manila 60: Manila leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Manila 77: Manila leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Manila 50: Baku leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Manila 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Manila.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Baku
48match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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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BakuManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuManila
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+8
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m9 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuManila
City population2,300,5001,902,590
People per km²1,07576,104
Museums within 10 km5027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Baku or Manila somewhere new.

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.