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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cebu or Guilin?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Cebu leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Guilin 45: Cebu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu and Guilin are level on 40.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Guilin 30: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cebu and Guilin are level on 45.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Guilin 28: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Guilin 78: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Guilin 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 Guilin.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuGuilin
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishPutonghua
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation135 m153 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuGuilin
City population965,3324,931,137
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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. 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.