Climate
Cabanatuan City logs 5 outdoor-dinner months a year to Manila's 3 — Cabanatuan City wins by 2. Manila also leads on hot days by 23.
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Manila
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Cost of Living
Manila averages $1,115/mo for balanced living; Cabanatuan City has no cost baseline yet.
Manila
$1,115monthly · balanced
Mobility
Manila scores 2.2 on mobility (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Manila's culture score of 3.7 sits well above Cabanatuan City's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Manila scores 3.5 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Manila scores 0.9 on safety (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no safety baseline.
Career
Manila scores 4.0 on career (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Manila scores 3.8 on social & community (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Manila scores 3.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Manila scores 3.2 on family (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Manila scores 3.4 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Cabanatuan City has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Cabanatuan City averages 18.0 µg/m³ (sensitive-groups) PM2.5 annually versus Manila's 29.2 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Cabanatuan City breathes ~39% cleaner air (11.2 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Cabanatuan City (287K) and Manila (25.9M) are 90x in population — Manila is the larger metro, Cabanatuan City the smaller; on land area Manila spans roughly 43x more ground.
Manila is roughly 62x the scale of Cabanatuan City
Combined population & area comparison
ManilaCabanatuan CityCity Scale Rankings
Manila25.9M90xCabanatuan City287K1xManila2,555 km²43xCabanatuan City60 km²1xCabanatuan City
Manila
Who Thrives Here
Cabanatuan City favours the clean air seeker, while Manila suits the big city energy. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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