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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Nairobi 4, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Puerto Princesa 38: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Puerto Princesa 22: Nairobi leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Puerto Princesa 26: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Puerto Princesa 80: Nairobi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Puerto Princesa 12: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Puerto Princesa 45: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Puerto Princesa 30: Puerto Princesa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Puerto Princesa 20: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Puerto Princesa 10: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Puerto Princesa 40: Puerto Princesa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Nairobi
Best match
41match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiPuerto Princesa

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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureNairobiPuerto Princesa
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation1,661 m98 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiPuerto Princesa
City population5,545,000316,384
People per km²7,967133
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.