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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Perth?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Perth 58: Manila leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Perth 42: Manila leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Perth 42: Manila leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Perth 72: Perth leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Perth 48: Perth leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Perth 74: Perth leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Perth 55: Perth leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Perth 44: Manila leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Perth 28: Manila leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila and Perth are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Perth 38: Manila leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Perth.

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.

Perth
Best match
53match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaPerth
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation9 m2 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaPerth
City population1,902,5902,141,834
People per km²76,104334
Museums within 10 km2715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.