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La Paz
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

La Paz 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 La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Manila for

  • families
  • wellness
  • 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. La Paz 3, Manila 12: Manila leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Manila 64: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Manila 54: Manila leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Manila 64: Manila leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Manila 40: La Paz leads by 42 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Manila 42: Manila leads by 2 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Manila 42: Manila leads by 32 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Manila 26: La Paz leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Manila 60: Manila leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Manila 77: La Paz leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Manila 50: Manila leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Manila 40: Manila leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Manila.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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

La Paz 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. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazManila
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAC50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation3,640 m9 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazManila
City population755,7321,902,590
People per km²1,60176,104
Museums within 10 km2127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.