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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Cebu or Strasbourg?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Strasbourg 40: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Strasbourg 62: Strasbourg leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Strasbourg 44: Cebu leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuStrasbourg
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishFrench
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m132 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuStrasbourg
City population965,332293,771
People per km²3,0653,752
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.