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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Scottsdale?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Manila leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Scottsdale 46: Manila leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Scottsdale 38: Manila leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Scottsdale 52: Manila leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Scottsdale 20: Manila leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Manila and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Affordability. Manila 77, Scottsdale 32: Manila leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Scottsdale 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaScottsdale
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m380 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaScottsdale
City population1,902,590241,361
People per km²76,104-
Museums within 10 km2710
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. 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.