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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Manila leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Steamboat Springs 30: Manila leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Steamboat Springs 14: Manila leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Steamboat Springs 20: Manila leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Steamboat Springs 12: Manila leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Steamboat Springs 22: Manila leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Steamboat Springs 17: Manila leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Steamboat Springs 28: Manila leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Steamboat Springs.

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.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaSteamboat Springs
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m2,052 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaSteamboat Springs
City population1,902,59013,224
People per km²76,104503
Museums within 10 km270
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.