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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Manila or Valletta?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Valletta 55: Manila leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Valletta 46: Manila leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Valletta 38: Manila leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Valletta 50: Manila leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Valletta 44: Manila leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Valletta 32: Manila leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaValletta
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m56 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaValletta
City population1,902,5905,197
People per km²76,1046,496
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.