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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Fukuoka?

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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, Fukuoka 50: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Fukuoka 58: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Fukuoka.

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.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuFukuoka
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishJapanese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation135 m8 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuFukuoka
City population965,3321,603,043
People per km²3,0654,715
Museums within 10 km523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.