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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Quebec City?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Quebec City 57: Cebu leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Quebec City 42: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Quebec City 45: Cebu leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Quebec City.

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.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuQuebec City
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench, English
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m98 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuQuebec City
City population965,332574,482
People per km²3,0651,184
Museums within 10 km516
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.