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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

El Nido or Vancouver?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: El Nido leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 48 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Vancouver 27: El Nido leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Vancouver 50: Vancouver 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 Vancouver.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoVancouver
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation35 m2 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoVancouver
City population51,367662,248
People per km²565,759
Museums within 10 km026
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.