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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Windhoek?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Cebu leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Windhoek 36: Cebu leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Windhoek 30: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Windhoek 25: Cebu leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Windhoek 52: Cebu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Windhoek 14: Cebu leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Windhoek 30: Cebu leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Windhoek 22: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Windhoek 30: Cebu leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Windhoek 62: Cebu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Windhoek 18: Cebu leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Windhoek 30: Cebu leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Windhoek.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CebuWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuWindhoek
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation135 m1,650 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuWindhoek
City population965,332486,169
People per km²3,06595
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.