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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Cebu?

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 Adelaide for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Cebu for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’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. Adelaide 68, Cebu 60: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Cebu 58: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Cebu 40: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Cebu 46: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Cebu 60: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Cebu 44: Adelaide leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Cebu 45: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Cebu 26: Adelaide leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide and Cebu are level on 44.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Cebu 25: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Cebu 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Cebu.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Cebu in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideCebu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideCebu
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000911
Elevation1 m135 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideCebu
City population1,387,290965,332
People per km²1,0713,065
Museums within 10 km135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.