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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cebu or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Orlando 48: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Orlando 22: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Orlando 40: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Orlando 46: Cebu leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Orlando 8: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Orlando 36: Cebu leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Orlando 32: Cebu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Orlando.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuOrlando

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuOrlando
City population965,332334,854
People per km²3,0651,086
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.