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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Como or El Nido?

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 Como for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose El Nido for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on El Nido’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. Como 36, El Nido 92: El Nido leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, El Nido 27: Como leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, El Nido 4: Como leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, El Nido 30: El Nido leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, El Nido 87: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Como 87, El Nido 8: Como leads by 79 points.
Good for families. Como 47, El Nido 40: Como leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Como 66, El Nido 22: Como leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, El Nido 7: Como leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Como 30, El Nido 64: El Nido leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, El Nido 7: Como leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, El Nido 46: El Nido leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and El Nido.

Your match

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

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches 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.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 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

El Nido 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureComoEl Nido
Official languageItalianEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation201 m35 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoEl Nido
City population83,18451,367
People per km²2,24256
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km80
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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.