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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manila or Mendoza?

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 Manila for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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. Manila 12, Mendoza 6: Manila leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Mendoza 30: Manila leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Mendoza 40: Manila leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Manila and Mendoza are level on 42.
Getting around. Manila 26, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Mendoza 33: Manila leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Mendoza 56: Manila leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Mendoza 33: Manila leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaMendoza
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation9 m769 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaMendoza
City population1,902,590127,160
People per km²76,1042,355
Museums within 10 km271
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.