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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Cebu or Hamburg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Hamburg 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Hamburg 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Hamburg 38: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Hamburg 44: Cebu leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuHamburg
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuHamburg
City population965,3321,869,473
People per km²3,0652,476
Museums within 10 km577
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.