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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manila or Seville?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Seville 73: Seville leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Seville 82: Seville leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Seville 62: Manila leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Seville 52: Seville leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Seville 80: Seville leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Seville 72: Seville leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Seville 55: Manila leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Seville 58: Manila leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Seville 68: Seville leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Seville.

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.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaSeville
City population1,902,590689,423
People per km²76,1044,896
Museums within 10 km2724
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.