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Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Princesa or Quebec City?

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 Puerto Princesa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Puerto Princesa 58, Quebec City 18: Puerto Princesa leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Princesa 38, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Princesa 22, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Princesa 26, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Princesa 80, Quebec City 79: Puerto Princesa leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Puerto Princesa 12, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Puerto Princesa 45, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Puerto Princesa 30, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Princesa 20, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Puerto Princesa 78, Quebec City 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Princesa 10, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Princesa 40, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Princesa and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto PrincesaQuebec City

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. Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto PrincesaQuebec City
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation98 m98 m
Main airportPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto PrincesaQuebec City
City population316,384574,482
People per km²1331,184
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.