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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Cebu or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Cebu leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Puerto Iguazu 28: Cebu leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Puerto Iguazu 9: Cebu leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Puerto Iguazu 14: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Puerto Iguazu 33: Cebu leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Puerto Iguazu 17: Cebu leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Puerto Iguazu 48: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Puerto Iguazu 7: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Puerto Iguazu 34: Cebu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuPuerto Iguazu
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation135 m162 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuPuerto Iguazu
City population965,33254,903
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km50
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. 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.