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Ho Chi Minh City or Manila?

1,611 km apart, in Vietnam and Philippines. Each is scored month by month on the same ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. This is where they part, and when.

Manila is the better pick in March to May and November to January; either in February. June to October are best avoided at both.

Month by month

Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Ho Chi Minh City 32° 3d 34° 3d 35° 3d 35° 8d 33° 23d 32° 26d 31° 28d 31° 28d 31° 28d 31° 25d 31° 15d 31° 7d
Manila 29° 7d 30° 4d 32° 4d 34° 4d 34° 15d 32° 23d 30° 27d 30° 26d 30° 25d 30° 21d 31° 10d 30° 11d
Ho Chi Minh City, fare from Bengaluru —₹30,850₹27,510———₹37,154——₹37,202₹45,200₹52,117
Pick ManilaeitherManilaManilaManilaneitherneitherneitherneitherneitherManilaManila

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high and its rainy days ("11d"). The pick goes to the better verdict; with the same verdict, to the higher score, unless the two are within a whisker of each other, when it is either. A month both would avoid is neither. A dot marks a busy month. Fares are the typical return from Bengaluru, in INR.

Before you go

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

Between them

1,611 km as the crow flies, about 2h 53m in the air.Nonstop, about 5 a day · 4 airlines.

The flight time is estimated from the distance. A road, train or bus is named only where it was measured — flights from AeroDataBox, roads from OpenRouteService, timetables via Transitous — and none of it is a fare; the searches on each destination's page are where prices live.

Also compared

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. The comparison is the difference between two pages, not a third opinion.