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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Manila or Pisa?

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

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Pisa 55: Manila leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Pisa 40: Manila leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Pisa 38: Manila leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Pisa 55: Manila leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Pisa 38: Manila leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Pisa.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaPisa
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 m4 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaPisa
City population1,902,59088,737
People per km²76,104479
Museums within 10 km2727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Manila or Pisa somewhere new.

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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.