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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

El Nido or Victoria Falls?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: El Nido leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Victoria Falls 24: El Nido leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Victoria Falls 12: Victoria Falls leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Victoria Falls 8: El Nido leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 7 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Victoria Falls 22: Victoria Falls leads by 14 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Victoria Falls 38: El Nido leads by 2 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Victoria Falls 18: Victoria Falls leads by 11 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Victoria Falls 32: El Nido leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Victoria Falls 10: Victoria Falls leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Victoria Falls 34: El Nido leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

El Nido
Best match
36match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 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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El NidoVictoria Falls

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. Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoVictoria Falls
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency number911999
Elevation35 m961 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoVictoria Falls
City population51,36733,060
People per km²56-
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.