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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manila or Tallinn?

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 Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Tallinn 52: Manila leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Tallinn 44: Manila leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Tallinn 40: Manila leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Tallinn 47: Manila leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila and Tallinn are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaTallinn
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEstonian
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 m28 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaTallinn
City population1,902,590457,572
People per km²76,1042,871
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.