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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Fort Lauderdale?

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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Fort Lauderdale 47: Cebu leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Fort Lauderdale 28: Cebu leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Fort Lauderdale 62: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Fort Lauderdale 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Fort Lauderdale 32: Cebu leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuFort Lauderdale

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

Before you go

MeasureCebuFort Lauderdale
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m11 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuFort Lauderdale
City population965,332182,760
People per km²3,0651,829
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.