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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Cebu or The Hague?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, The Hague 48: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, The Hague 38: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, The Hague 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, The Hague 35: Cebu leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, The Hague 45: Cebu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and The Hague.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuThe Hague
City population965,332548,320
People per km²3,0655,589
Museums within 10 km554
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.