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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Vilnius?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Cebu leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Vilnius 50: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cebu and Vilnius are level on 46.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Vilnius 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Vilnius 44: Cebu leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Vilnius 38: Cebu leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Vilnius 64: Cebu leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Vilnius 34: Cebu leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Vilnius.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuVilnius
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishLithuanian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m98 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuVilnius
City population965,332619,405
People per km²3,0651,545
Museums within 10 km531
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.