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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cebu or Stuttgart?

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 Stuttgart for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Cebu leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cebu and Stuttgart are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Stuttgart 42: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu and Stuttgart are level on 60.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Stuttgart 40: Cebu leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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CebuStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuStuttgart
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuStuttgart
City population965,332609,365
People per km²3,0652,938
Museums within 10 km542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.