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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

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

Manila or Rovaniemi?

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 Rovaniemi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Manila leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Rovaniemi 25: Manila leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Rovaniemi 22: Manila leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Rovaniemi 15: Manila leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Rovaniemi 78: Rovaniemi leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Rovaniemi 8: Manila leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Rovaniemi 36: Rovaniemi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Rovaniemi 18: Manila leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Rovaniemi 18: Manila leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Rovaniemi 22: Manila leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Rovaniemi.

Your match

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

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No seasea
22 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovaniemi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaRovaniemi
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m88 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaRovaniemi
City population1,902,59065,329
People per km²76,1049
Museums within 10 km276
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.