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The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Krabi 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 Krabi for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Manila for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Krabi 87, Manila 12: Krabi leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Krabi 50, Manila 64: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Manila 54: Manila leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Manila 64: Manila leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Manila 40: Krabi leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Manila 42: Manila leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Manila 42: Krabi leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Manila 26: Krabi leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Manila 60: Manila leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Manila 77: Krabi leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Manila 50: Manila leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Manila 40: Krabi leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krabi and Manila.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiManila
Official languageThaiEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation16 m9 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiManila
City population30,4991,902,590
People per km²-76,104
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.