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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cebu or Delhi?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Delhi for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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. Cebu 60, Delhi 4: Cebu leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Delhi 44: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Delhi 20: Cebu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Delhi 68: Delhi leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Delhi 32: Cebu leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Delhi 25: Cebu leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Delhi.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuDelhi
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishHindi, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation135 m221 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuDelhi
City population965,33226,495,000
People per km²3,06518,962
Museums within 10 km523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.