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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Maastricht?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Cebu leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cebu and Maastricht are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Maastricht 42: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Maastricht 58: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Maastricht 38: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuMaastricht
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishDutch
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m49 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuMaastricht
City population965,332120,227
People per km²3,0652,000
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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.