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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

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

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

Choose Cebu for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Cebu 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Cebu 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Cebu 40: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Cebu 46: Cebu leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Cebu 60: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Cebu 44: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Cebu 45: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Cebu 26: Cadiz leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Cebu 44: Cebu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Cebu 25: Cadiz leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 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: Cadiz and Cebu.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizCebu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCebu
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m135 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCebu
City population109,950965,332
People per km²9,0873,065
Museums within 10 km115
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). 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. 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.