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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Thessaloniki?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Cebu leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Thessaloniki 66: Cebu leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Thessaloniki 33: Cebu leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Cebu
48match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuThessaloniki
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishGreek
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m6 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuThessaloniki
City population965,332309,617
People per km²3,06516,042
Museums within 10 km532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.