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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Naples, Florida?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’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, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Naples, Florida 46: Manila leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Naples, Florida 27: Manila leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Naples, Florida 20: Manila leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Naples, Florida 43: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Naples, Florida 22: Manila leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Naples, Florida 48: Manila leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Naples, Florida 17: Manila leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Naples, Florida 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

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

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples, Florida 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. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaNaples, Florida
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 m-2 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaNaples, Florida
City population1,902,59019,115
People per km²76,104450
Museums within 10 km274
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months10 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. 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.