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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Naples?

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

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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 50: Naples leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Naples 83: Naples leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Naples 87: Naples leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Naples 60: Manila leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Naples 77: Naples leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Naples 96: Naples leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Naples 45: Naples leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Naples 54: Naples leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Manila and Naples are level on 60.
Affordability. Manila 77, Naples 63: Manila leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Naples 66: Naples leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Naples 44: Naples leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Naples.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaNaples
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 m17 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaNaples
City population1,902,590913,462
People per km²76,1047,676
Museums within 10 km2765
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.