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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or New York?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, New York 92: New York leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, New York 89: New York leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, New York 97: New York leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, New York 55: Cebu leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, New York 68: New York leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, New York 70: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, New York 82: New York leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, New York 97: New York leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, New York 12: Cebu leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, New York 99: New York leads by 74 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, New York 42: Cebu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and New York.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuNew York
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m25 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuNew York
City population965,3328,804,190
People per km²3,0657,256
Museums within 10 km5157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.