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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Manila or Mumbai?

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

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Mumbai 52: Manila leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Mumbai 35: Manila leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Mumbai 72: Manila leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Mumbai 24: Manila leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Mumbai.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaMumbai
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishHindi, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation9 m14 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManilaMumbai
City population1,902,59015,414,288
People per km²76,10425,563
Museums within 10 km271
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.