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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Cebu or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Cebu leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Ushuaia 40: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Ushuaia 22: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Ushuaia 18: Cebu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Ushuaia 14: Cebu leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Ushuaia 40: Cebu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Ushuaia 22: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Ushuaia 42: Cebu leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Ushuaia 10: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Ushuaia 26: Cebu leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Cebu
Best match
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation135 m23 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuUshuaia
City population965,33282,615
People per km²3,0653,592
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.