Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.
Cebu or Cocoa Beach?
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 Cebu for
- prices
- culture and sights
- food and drink
What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’s own page.
Choose Cocoa Beach for
- families
- beaches
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Cocoa Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on families 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.
Cebu in July
Cocoa Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Cocoa Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Cebu | Cocoa Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Filipino, Taglish | - |
| Currency | Philippine Peso (PHP) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | ABC220 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+8 | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 135 m | 0 m |
| Main airport | Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre42 non-stop destinations | Orlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 18 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cebu | Cocoa Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 965,332 | 11,354 |
| People per km² | 3,065 | 290 |
| Museums within 10 km | 5 | 3 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 11 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cebu or Cocoa Beach somewhere new.