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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Porto?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Porto for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Porto 70: Porto leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Porto 68: Porto leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Porto 65: Porto leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Porto 64: Porto leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Porto 79: Porto leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Porto 52: Porto leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Porto 66: Porto leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Porto 52: Manila leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Porto 62: Manila leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Porto 52: Porto leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Porto 34: Manila leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Porto.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaPorto
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishPortuguese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m104 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaPorto
City population1,902,590273,476
People per km²76,1046,606
Museums within 10 km2742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.