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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manila or Vilnius?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Vilnius 50: Manila leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Vilnius 46: Manila leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Vilnius 52: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Vilnius 38: Manila leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Vilnius 64: Manila leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Vilnius 34: Manila leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaVilnius
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishLithuanian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m98 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaVilnius
City population1,902,590619,405
People per km²76,1041,545
Museums within 10 km2731
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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