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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

El Nido or Rotterdam?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: El Nido leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Rotterdam 44: El Nido leads by 43 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 77 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 26 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 48 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Rotterdam 38: El Nido leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Rotterdam 42: El Nido leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Rotterdam.

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.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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El NidoRotterdam

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.

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoRotterdam
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishDutch
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation35 m10 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoRotterdam
City population51,367664,311
People per km²562,080
Museums within 10 km040
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.