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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Cebu for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cairo 10, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Cebu 58: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Cebu 40: Cairo leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Cebu 46: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Cebu 60: Cebu leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Cebu 44: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Cebu 45: Cebu leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Cebu 26: Cairo leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Cebu 44: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Cebu 80: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Cebu 25: Cairo leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Cebu 50: Cebu leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Cebu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoCebu
Official languageArabicEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m135 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoCebu
City population9,801,536965,332
People per km²18,5643,065
Museums within 10 km485
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.