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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • wellness

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. Lisbon 50, Manila 12: Lisbon leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Manila 64: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Manila 54: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Manila 64: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Manila 40: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Manila 42: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Manila 42: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Manila 26: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon and Manila are level on 60.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Manila 77: Manila leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Manila 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 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: Lisbon and Manila.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on prices 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonManila
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m9 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonManila
City population545,7961,902,590
People per km²5,45376,104
Museums within 10 km8027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.