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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Rome?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Rome 82: Rome leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Rome 99: Rome leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Rome 58: Rome leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Rome 58: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Rome 92: Rome leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Rome 50: Rome leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Rome 60: Rome leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Rome 72: Rome leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Rome 38: Cebu leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Rome 68: Rome leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Rome 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 Rome.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuRome
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishItalian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m21 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuRome
City population965,3322,748,109
People per km²3,0652,135
Museums within 10 km5178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.