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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Las Vegas 10, Manila 12: Manila leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Manila 64: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Manila 54: Manila leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Manila 64: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Manila 40: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Manila 42: Manila leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Manila 42: Manila leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Manila 26: Las Vegas leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Manila 60: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Manila 77: Manila leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Manila 50: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas and Manila are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas 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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Manila
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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasManila
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
Elevation610 m9 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasManila
City population641,9031,902,590
People per km²1,84376,104
Museums within 10 km2127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.