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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Huntington Beach or Manila?

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 Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’s own page.

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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. Huntington Beach 70, Manila 12: Huntington Beach leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Manila 64: Manila leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Manila 54: Manila leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Manila 64: Manila leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Manila 40: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Manila 42: Huntington Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Manila 42: Huntington Beach leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Manila 26: Manila leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Manila 60: Manila leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Manila 77: Manila leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Manila 50: Manila leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Manila 40: Manila leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Manila.

Your match

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

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Huntington BeachManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachManila
Official language-English, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m9 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachManila
City population198,7111,902,590
People per km²2,40676,104
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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.