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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Manila for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Luxor 6, Manila 12: Manila leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Manila 64: Manila leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Manila 54: Luxor leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Manila 64: Manila leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Manila 40: Manila leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Manila 42: Luxor leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Manila 42: Manila leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Manila 26: Luxor leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Manila 60: Manila leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Manila 77: Luxor leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Manila 50: Manila leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Manila 40: Manila leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Manila.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 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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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorManila
Official languageArabicEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation89 m9 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorManila
City population202,2321,902,590
People per km²48676,104
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.