Manila

(Philippines)

GHSL urban centre

Data completeness: Medium

womiin Score · to live

73

Position 52 of 171 · 90% interval 51–55 · tie group 15

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Order not resolved with Buenos Aires, Bogota

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (65)

58 – 85

Per resident 73 · by area 62

womiin Score · to visit

51

Position 67 of 171 · 90% interval 65–71 · tie group 13

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Order not resolved with Port Vila

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (46)

29 – 72

Per resident 51 · by area 38

The two shapes

To live

Education74

Transport54

Health75

Services81

Environment75

Food & drink84

Culture85

Safety55

To visit

Culture & attractions50

Food61

Mobility28

Convenience68

Nature & beach60

Entertainment28

Safety72

Family50

Among the capitals

6546

→ to live · ↑ to visit · lines: medians

Manilamedian of the capitals, dimension by dimension (not the shape of any city)

To live

Education
74
Transport
54
Health
75
Services
81
Environment
75
Food & drink
84
Culture
85
Safety
55

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

To visit

Culture & attractions
50
Food
61
Mobility
28
Convenience
68
Nature & beach
60
Entertainment
28
Safety
72
Family
50

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

About the data

How complete OpenStreetMap is in this city (buildings, contributors, opening hours, essentials per resident). Lower completeness means wider uncertainty; the city stays in the ranking.

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womiin (2026). womiin City Index, edition 2026 — Manila. womiin.com/city-index/2026/manila. CC BY 4.0.

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Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

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The licensing framework of this data is under legal review (ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03, Global Solar Atlas 2.0, WRI Aqueduct Floods, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports).

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The 14 sources of this edition

  • ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 — annual PM2.5, 0.1°, 2024 · V6.GL.03, 2024CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • CAMS global reanalysis EAC4 (cams-global-reanalysis-eac4), 2024, 3-hourly · EAC4, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • CAMS European air quality reanalysis (interim), ensemble, 2024, hourly, 0.1° · interim ensemble reanalysis, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — GHI (World Bank, Solargis) · Global Solar Atlas 2.0CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • WRI Aqueduct Floods — riverine (WATCH 1980, RP25) and coastal (historical, RP25)CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • ERA5-Land hourly (C3S), 2015–2024 · reanalysis-era5-land, reference period 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31CC BY 4.0
  • ERA5 single levels — FDIR, 0.25° (C3S) · reanalysis-era5-single-levels, total_sky_direct_solar_radiation_at_surface, 2015-01 to 2024-12CC BY 4.0
  • M-Lab NDT (ndt7_union), 2025-Q4 · ndt7_union, 2025-Q4CC0 1.0
  • OpenStreetMap (private Overpass mirror; water polygons; base versions recorded in the manifest as osm_base_version_*) · planet date per edition (manifest osm_base_version_*)ODbL 1.0 · legal review pending
  • GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (GHS-UCDB) · R2024A V1-2CC BY 4.0
  • GHS-POP and GHS-BUILT-S E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-seconds · E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-secondsCC BY 4.0
  • Natural Earth (10m lakes; 10m populated places; 50m land / admin-0 where the climate grid and the F1 list use them) · 10m lakes 5.0.0; 10m populated places 5.1.2Public domain
  • Wikidata (UN members; airport patronage P3872)CC0 1.0
  • OurAirports (airports.csv)Public domain · legal review pending

Attributions

  • PM2.5 outside Europe: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis (SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03).
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS global reanalysis EAC4). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS European air quality reanalyses). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • © 2021 The World Bank, source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solargis
  • Flood hazard: World Resources Institute, Aqueduct Floods.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2015–2024]. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2025-10-01–2025-12-31. https://measurementlab.net/tests/ndt
  • Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-UCDB R2024A).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A, GHS-BUILT-S R2023A).