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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Cebu or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Cebu leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Washington DC 28: Cebu leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuWashington DC
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, Taglish-
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation135 m72 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuWashington DC
City population965,332689,545
People per km²3,0653,896
Museums within 10 km598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.