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Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Puerto Princesa or Washington DC?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Washington DC for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Puerto Princesa leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Princesa 38, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Princesa 22, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Princesa 26, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Princesa 80, Washington DC 64: Puerto Princesa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Puerto Princesa 12, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Puerto Princesa 45, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Puerto Princesa 30, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Princesa 20, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Puerto Princesa 78, Washington DC 28: Puerto Princesa leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Princesa 10, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Princesa 40, Washington DC 26: Puerto Princesa leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Princesa and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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. Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto PrincesaWashington DC
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation98 m72 m
Main airportPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto PrincesaWashington DC
City population316,384689,545
People per km²1333,896
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.