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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Vancouver?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Vancouver 42: Manila leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Vancouver 42: Manila leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Vancouver 55: Manila leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Vancouver 27: Manila leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Manila
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaVancouver
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m2 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaVancouver
City population1,902,590662,248
People per km²76,1045,759
Museums within 10 km2726
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.