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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

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

Cebu or Hanoi?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Cebu leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Hanoi 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Hanoi 35: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Hanoi 46: Cebu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuHanoi
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishVietnamese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Dong (VND)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation135 m10 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuHanoi
City population965,3328,717,600
People per km²3,0652,595
Museums within 10 km514
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. 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.