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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manila or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Tel Aviv 55: Manila leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Tel Aviv 14: Manila leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Tel Aviv 35: Manila leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishHebrew
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation9 m5 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManilaTel Aviv
City population1,902,590467,875
People per km²76,1048,998
Museums within 10 km2798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.