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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Cebu leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu and Sapporo are level on 40.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Sapporo 60: Cebu leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Sapporo.

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.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuSapporo
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishJapanese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation135 m5 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuSapporo
City population965,3321,959,313
People per km²3,0651,747
Museums within 10 km533
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.