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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Manaus 56: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Manaus 42: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Manaus 12: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Manaus 35: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Manaus 36: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Manaus 63: Cebu leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Manaus 20: Cebu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Manaus.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuManaus
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishPortuguese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation135 m92 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuManaus
City population965,3322,303,732
People per km²3,065202
Museums within 10 km513
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.