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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices

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. Berlin 38, Manila 12: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Manila 64: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Manila 54: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Manila 64: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Manila 40: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Manila 42: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Manila 42: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Manila 26: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Manila 60: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Manila 77: Manila leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Manila 50: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Manila 40: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Manila.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 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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BerlinManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinManila
Official languageGermanEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m9 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinManila
City population3,700,5771,902,590
People per km²4,15376,104
Museums within 10 km15727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.