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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Milan?

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 Milan for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Milan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Milan 78: Milan leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Milan 78: Milan leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Milan 66: Milan leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Milan 65: Milan leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Milan 91: Milan leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Milan 55: Milan leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Milan 79: Milan leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Milan 92: Milan leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Milan 33: Manila leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Milan 82: Milan leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Milan 42: Milan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Milan.

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.

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaMilan
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishItalian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m138 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaMilan
City population1,902,5901,354,196
People per km²76,1047,453
Museums within 10 km2788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.