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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manila for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Krakow 9, Manila 12: Manila leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Krakow 55, Manila 64: Manila leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Manila 54: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Manila 64: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Manila 40: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Krakow 76, Manila 42: Krakow leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Krakow 58, Manila 42: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Manila 26: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Manila 60: Manila leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Manila 77: Manila leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Manila 50: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 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: Krakow and Manila.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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KrakowManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowManila
Official languagePolishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation219 m9 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowManila
City population804,2371,902,590
People per km²2,45976,104
Museums within 10 km11327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.