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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London or Puerto Princesa?

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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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. London 25, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Puerto Princesa 38: London leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Puerto Princesa 22: London leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Puerto Princesa 26: London leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 23 points.
Day trips. London 90, Puerto Princesa 12: London leads by 78 points.
Good for families. London 82, Puerto Princesa 45: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. London 85, Puerto Princesa 30: London leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Puerto Princesa 20: London leads by 75 points.
Affordability. London 15, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Puerto Princesa 10: London leads by 88 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Puerto Princesa are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 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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LondonPuerto Princesa

Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLondonPuerto Princesa
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
Elevation4 m98 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPuerto Princesa
City population8,799,728316,384
People per km²5,598133
Museums within 10 km2161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.