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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Riga?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Riga for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Cebu leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Riga 52: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Riga 66: Riga leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Riga 52: Riga leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Riga 55: Cebu leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Riga 60: Riga leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Riga 50: Riga leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Riga 68: Riga leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Riga 45: Riga leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Riga 62: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Riga 65: Riga leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu and Riga are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Riga.

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.

Riga
Best match
55match

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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuRiga
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishLatvian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m6 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuRiga
City population965,332588,911
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km512
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.