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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Santiago de Compostela?

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

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Santiago de Compostela 45: Manila leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Manila and Santiago de Compostela are level on 42.
Getting around. Manila 26, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Santiago de Compostela 35: Manila leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Santiago de Compostela 64: Manila leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Santiago de Compostela 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 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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ManilaSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaSantiago de Compostela
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m260 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaSantiago de Compostela
City population1,902,590100,965
People per km²76,104459
Museums within 10 km276
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.