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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Dublin?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Cebu leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Dublin 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Dublin 20: Cebu leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Dublin 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 Dublin.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuDublin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuDublin
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m20 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuDublin
City population965,332592,713
People per km²3,0655,154
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.