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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manila or Toulouse?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Manila leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Toulouse 56: Manila leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Toulouse 50: Manila leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Toulouse 46: Manila leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Toulouse 27: Manila leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaToulouse
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m115 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaToulouse
City population1,902,590514,819
People per km²76,1044,352
Museums within 10 km2724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.