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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cebu or Savannah?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Savannah for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Cebu leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cebu and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Savannah 48: Cebu leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Savannah 42: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Savannah 35: Cebu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Savannah 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 Savannah.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuSavannah
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m15 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuSavannah
City population965,332147,780
People per km²3,065524
Museums within 10 km519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.