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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai or Puerto Princesa?

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 Mumbai for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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. Mumbai 18, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Puerto Princesa 38: Mumbai leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Puerto Princesa 22: Mumbai leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Puerto Princesa 26: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Puerto Princesa 12: Mumbai leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Puerto Princesa 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Puerto Princesa 30: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Puerto Princesa 20: Mumbai leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Puerto Princesa 10: Mumbai leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Puerto Princesa 40: Puerto Princesa leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiPuerto Princesa
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m98 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiPuerto Princesa
City population15,414,288316,384
People per km²25,563133
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.