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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Manila 12: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Manila 64: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Manila 54: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Manila 64: Manila leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Manila 40: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Manila 42: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Manila 42: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Manila 26: Dublin leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Manila 60: Manila leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Manila 77: Manila leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Manila 50: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Manila 40: Manila leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Manila.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinManila
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m9 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinManila
City population592,7131,902,590
People per km²5,15476,104
Museums within 10 km4027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.