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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Toronto?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Toronto 50: Manila leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Toronto 62: Manila leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Toronto 34: Manila leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Toronto 33: Manila leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Toronto.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaToronto
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m76 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaToronto
City population1,902,5902,794,356
People per km²76,1044,434
Museums within 10 km2732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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.