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Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cebu or Zagreb?

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 Zagreb for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cebu 58, Zagreb 55: Cebu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cebu 40, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Cebu 46, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cebu 60, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cebu 44, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Cebu 45, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cebu 26, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Cebu 44, Zagreb 40: Cebu leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cebu 80, Zagreb 60: Cebu leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cebu 25, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cebu 50, Zagreb 33: Cebu leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cebu and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cebu
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCebuZagreb
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCebuZagreb
City population965,332767,131
People per km²3,065-
Museums within 10 km527
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. 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.