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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Jasper?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Cebu leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Jasper 22: Cebu leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Jasper 10: Cebu leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Jasper 14: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Jasper 8: Cebu leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Jasper 42: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Jasper 18: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Jasper 12: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Jasper 20: Cebu leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Jasper 7: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Jasper 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 Jasper.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuJasper

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuJasper
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m1,060 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuJasper
City population965,3324,738
People per km²3,0655
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.