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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Geneva?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Geneva for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Geneva 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Geneva 38: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Geneva 5: Cebu leads by 75 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Geneva.

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.

Geneva
Best match
57match

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuGeneva

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuGeneva
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m403 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuGeneva
City population965,332211,152
People per km²3,06513,280
Museums within 10 km534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.