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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Cebu or Granada?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Granada for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Granada 62: Granada leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Granada 80: Granada leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Granada 58: Granada leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Granada 80: Granada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Granada 76: Granada leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Granada 52: Granada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Granada 68: Granada leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Granada 40: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Granada 63: Cebu leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Granada 58: Granada leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Granada 48: Cebu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Granada.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuGranada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuGranada
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m693 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuGranada
City population965,332233,975
People per km²3,0652,659
Museums within 10 km520
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.