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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Cebu or Reykjavik?

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
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Cebu leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Reykjavik 42: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Reykjavik 25: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Reykjavik 45: Cebu leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Reykjavik 35: Cebu leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Reykjavik 25: Cebu leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Reykjavik 6: Cebu leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuReykjavik
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishIcelandic
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m8 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuReykjavik
City population965,332138,772
People per km²3,065569
Museums within 10 km523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.