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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Halifax?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Halifax for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Cebu leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Halifax 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Halifax 42: Halifax leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cebu and Halifax are level on 46.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Halifax 62: Halifax leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Halifax 63: Halifax leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Halifax 55: Halifax leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Halifax 48: Halifax leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Halifax 35: Cebu leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Halifax 38: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Halifax 28: Cebu leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Halifax.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuHalifax

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuHalifax
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m28 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuHalifax
City population965,332440,072
People per km²3,06580
Museums within 10 km515
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.