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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Portland 68: Portland leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Portland 38: Manila leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Portland 52: Manila leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Portland 84: Portland leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Portland 58: Portland leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Portland 55: Portland leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Portland 62: Portland leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Portland 52: Manila leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Portland 38: Manila leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Portland 55: Portland leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Portland 42: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Portland.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaPortland
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m152 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaPortland
City population1,902,590652,503
People per km²76,1041,736
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.