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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Krakow?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Krakow for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Cebu leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Krakow 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Krakow 62: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Krakow 72: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Krakow 36: Cebu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Krakow.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 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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CebuKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuKrakow
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishPolish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m219 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuKrakow
City population965,332804,237
People per km²3,0652,459
Museums within 10 km5113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.