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The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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. Liverpool 22, Manila 12: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Liverpool 48, Manila 64: Manila leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Liverpool 64, Manila 54: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Liverpool 66, Manila 64: Liverpool leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Liverpool 52, Manila 40: Liverpool leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Liverpool 64, Manila 42: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Liverpool 55, Manila 42: Liverpool leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Liverpool 68, Manila 26: Liverpool leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Liverpool 52, Manila 60: Manila leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Liverpool 50, Manila 77: Manila leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Liverpool 66, Manila 50: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Liverpool 22, Manila 40: Manila leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Liverpool and Manila.

Your match

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

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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. Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLiverpoolManila
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation70 m9 m
Main airportLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLiverpoolManila
City population513,4411,902,590
People per km²4,59276,104
Museums within 10 km3127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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. 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.