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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Manila or Valparaiso?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Valparaiso 50: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Valparaiso 56: Manila leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Valparaiso 33: Manila leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Valparaiso 30: Manila leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Valparaiso 60: Manila leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Valparaiso 38: Manila leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Valparaiso 18: Manila leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaValparaiso
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation9 m21 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaValparaiso
City population1,902,590296,655
People per km²76,1046,180
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.