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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Las Vegas?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Las Vegas 25: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Las Vegas 25: Cebu leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Las Vegas 25: Cebu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Las Vegas 38: Las Vegas leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Las Vegas 35: Cebu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Las Vegas 40: Cebu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuLas Vegas
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m610 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuLas Vegas
City population965,332641,903
People per km²3,0651,843
Museums within 10 km521
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.