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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

El Nido or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Zurich for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: El Nido leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Zurich 80: El Nido leads by 7 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 76 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 36 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 73 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 59 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Zurich 3: El Nido leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Zurich 58: Zurich 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 Zurich.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoZurich
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation35 m408 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoZurich
City population51,367440,935
People per km²565,016
Museums within 10 km063
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. 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.