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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Rovinj?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Rovinj 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Rovinj 38: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Rovinj 25: Cebu leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu and Rovinj are level on 60.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Rovinj 28: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Rovinj 36: Cebu leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Rovinj 15: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Rovinj 42: Cebu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Rovinj.

Your match

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Cebu
Best match
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Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around 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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuRovinj
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishCroatian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m0 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuRovinj
City population965,33212,968
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.