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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
A cable car over the brick-red houses, La Paz
La PazA cable car over the brick-red houses

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Paz by Arabsalam, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

El Nido or La Paz?

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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose La Paz for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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. El Nido 92, La Paz 3: El Nido leads by 89 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, La Paz 82: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, La Paz 40: La Paz leads by 32 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, La Paz 10: El Nido leads by 30 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 38 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, La Paz 12: El Nido leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and La Paz.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
Best match
42match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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.

La Paz 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. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoLa Paz
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation35 m3,640 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoLa Paz
City population51,367755,732
People per km²561,601
Museums within 10 km021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. 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.