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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Manila for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Bled 50, Manila 12: Bled leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Manila 64: Manila leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Manila 54: Manila leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Manila 64: Manila leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Manila 40: Bled leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Manila 42: Bled leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Manila 42: Bled leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Manila 26: Bled leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Manila 60: Manila leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Manila 77: Manila leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Manila 50: Manila leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Manila 40: Bled leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Manila.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

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

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledManila
Official languageSloveneEnglish, 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
Elevation501 m9 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledManila
City population4,9691,902,590
People per km²2676,104
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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.