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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Perth?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Cebu and Perth are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Perth 42: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Perth 72: Perth leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Perth 48: Perth leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Perth 74: Perth leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Perth 55: Perth leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu and Perth are level on 44.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Perth 28: Cebu leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Perth 50: Perth leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Perth 38: Cebu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Perth.

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.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuPerth
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation135 m2 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuPerth
City population965,3322,141,834
People per km²3,065334
Museums within 10 km515
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.