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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Banff and Manila are level on 12.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Manila 64: Manila leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Manila 54: Manila leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Manila 64: Manila leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Manila 40: Banff leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Manila 42: Manila leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Manila 42: Banff leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Manila 26: Banff leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Manila 60: Manila leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Manila 77: Manila leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Manila 50: Manila leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Manila 40: Banff leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Manila.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

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

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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BanffManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffManila
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,400 m9 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffManila
City population8,3051,902,590
People per km²1,73076,104
Museums within 10 km427
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.