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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Marseille?

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

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Marseille for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Marseille 50: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Marseille 45: Cebu leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Marseille 37: Cebu leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Marseille.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuMarseille
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m0 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuMarseille
City population965,332886,040
People per km²3,0653,683
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.