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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Luang Prabang?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Cebu leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Luang Prabang 42: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Luang Prabang 8: Cebu leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Luang Prabang 35: Cebu leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Luang Prabang 38: Cebu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Luang Prabang 38: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu and Luang Prabang are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Luang Prabang 18: Cebu leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 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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CebuLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuLuang Prabang
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishLao
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation135 m305 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuLuang Prabang
City population965,33253,792
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km50
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.