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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Prague?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Prague 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Prague 83: Prague leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Prague 65: Prague leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Prague 58: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Prague 77: Prague leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Prague 50: Prague leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Prague 83: Prague leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Prague 50: Prague leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Prague 62: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Prague 76: Prague leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Prague 40: Cebu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Prague.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuPrague
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishCzech
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m235 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuPrague
City population965,3321,397,880
People per km²3,0652,817
Museums within 10 km588
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.