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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cebu for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Bordeaux 50, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Cebu 58: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Cebu 40: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Cebu 46: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Cebu 44: Bordeaux leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Cebu 45: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Cebu 26: Bordeaux leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Cebu 44: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Cebu 25: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Cebu 50: Cebu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Cebu.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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BordeauxCebu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxCebu
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m135 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxCebu
City population267,991965,332
People per km²5,4253,065
Museums within 10 km185
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.