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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Cebu or Pisa?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Pisa 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Pisa 40: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Pisa 38: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Pisa 55: Cebu leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Pisa 45: Cebu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Pisa.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuPisa
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishItalian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m4 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuPisa
City population965,33288,737
People per km²3,065479
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.