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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cebu or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Tel Aviv 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Tel Aviv 14: Cebu leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Tel Aviv 35: Cebu leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuTel Aviv
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishHebrew
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation135 m5 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCebuTel Aviv
City population965,332467,875
People per km²3,0658,998
Museums within 10 km598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 months

Where else could you go?

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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.