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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

El Nido or Mumbai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: El Nido leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Mumbai 55: El Nido leads by 32 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 40 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Mumbai 35: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 59 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Mumbai 24: El Nido leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Mumbai.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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El NidoMumbai

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. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoMumbai
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishHindi, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation35 m14 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoMumbai
City population51,36715,414,288
People per km²5625,563
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.