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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Prague?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Manila leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Prague 50: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Prague 83: Prague leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Prague 65: Prague leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Prague 58: Prague leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Prague 77: Prague leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Prague 50: Prague leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Prague 83: Prague leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Prague 50: Manila leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Prague 62: Manila leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Prague 76: Prague leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila and Prague are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Prague.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaPrague
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishCzech
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m235 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaPrague
City population1,902,5901,397,880
People per km²76,1042,817
Museums within 10 km2788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.