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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manila or York?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, York 42: Manila leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, York 70: York leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, York 36: Manila leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, York 62: York leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, York 80: York leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, York 60: York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, York 72: York leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, York 46: Manila leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, York 38: Manila leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, York 38: Manila leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, York 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 York.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

York
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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 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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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaYork
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation9 m25 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaYork
City population1,902,590208,400
People per km²76,104766
Museums within 10 km2724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.