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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Doha?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Doha for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Doha’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, Doha 45: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Doha 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Doha 55: Doha leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Doha 20: Cebu leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Doha 7: Cebu leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Doha 5: Cebu leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Doha 60: Doha leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Doha 45: Doha leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Doha 60: Doha leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Doha 38: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Doha 30: Doha leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Doha 38: Cebu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Doha.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on getting around 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuDoha

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuDoha
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishArabic
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Qatari Rial (QAR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency number911999
Elevation135 m0 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuDoha
City population965,3321,186,023
People per km²3,0658,985
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months9 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.