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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Miami?

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

  • prices

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Miami 72: Miami leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Miami 57: Miami leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Miami 82: Miami leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Miami 64: Miami leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Manila and Miami are level on 42.
Good for families. Manila 42, Miami 64: Miami leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Miami 35: Miami leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Miami 71: Miami leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Miami 27: Manila leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Miami 55: Miami leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Miami.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaMiami
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m2 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaMiami
City population1,902,590442,241
People per km²76,1043,046
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.