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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Denver?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Denver for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Cebu leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Denver 54: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Denver 44: Denver leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Denver 47: Denver leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Denver 84: Denver leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Denver 57: Denver leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Denver 67: Denver leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Denver 40: Denver leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu and Denver are level on 44.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Denver 36: Cebu leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Denver 66: Denver leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Denver 40: Cebu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Denver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Denver
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuDenver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuDenver
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m1,609 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuDenver
City population965,332715,522
People per km²3,0651,783
Museums within 10 km526
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.