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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Cebu or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu and Valencia are level on 60.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Valencia 57: Cebu leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Valencia 42: Cebu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuValencia
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
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 m15 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuValencia
City population965,332840,792
People per km²3,0656,242
Museums within 10 km545
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.