Cebu in January
Highs around 30°C, lows 23°C, 116mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. On this month: Cool dry season, Local festival.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Best time to visit / Cebu
When is it cheapest to visit Cebu?
See how room prices move month by month, and know the cheapest window and the peak season to avoid before you book.
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Cheapest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctPeak Jan, Feb, Dec
Read from this city's own twelve months. The table below adds the temperature and rainfall for each one.
Cebu is cheapest to visit in June, July, August, September, October.
Peak season is January, February, December, when rooms cost the most.
The month to pick is July. Rooms sit at this city's yearly low, and at an average high of 32°C and low of 25°C with 167mm of rain it asks the least of you of any of its cheap months.
The wettest month in Cebu is October, at 181mm, and it is also one of the cheapest. That is usually the reason the rooms are cheap.
Cebu month by month: weather and room prices
One row per month. The price column is relative to this city's own year, and the temperature and rainfall are thirty-year normals.
| Month | Rooms | Temp | Rain | What is on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Peak | 30°C / 23°C | 116mm | Cool dry season, Local festival |
| February | Peak | 30°C / 23°C | 84mm | Cool dry season |
| March | Mid | 31°C / 24°C | 66mm | Nothing in particular |
| April | Mid | 33°C / 25°C | 54mm | Easter, Beach season |
| May | Mid | 33°C / 25°C | 104mm | Nothing in particular |
| June | Cheap | 32°C / 25°C | 175mm | Monsoon |
| July | Cheap | 32°C / 25°C | 167mm | Nothing in particular |
| August | Cheap | 32°C / 25°C | 144mm | Monsoon, Typhoon season |
| September | Cheap | 32°C / 25°C | 174mm | Typhoon season |
| Octobernow | Cheap | 32°C / 25°C | 181mm | Typhoon season |
| November | Mid | 31°C / 24°C | 145mm | Nothing in particular |
| December | Peak | 31°C / 24°C | 145mm | Christmas, New Year holiday |
Temperature and rainfall are published 1991-2020 monthly normals from national meteorological agencies. The price level is Tripdify's own per-city read of peak seasons and holidays; what you actually pay varies by property and day of the week.
Cebu month by month
Cebu in February
Highs around 30°C, lows 23°C, 84mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. One of the three driest months. On this month: Cool dry season.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Cebu in March
Highs around 31°C, lows 24°C, 66mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. One of the three driest months.
Cebu in April
Highs around 33°C, lows 25°C, 54mm of rain; rooms mid-priced. One of the three driest months. On this month: Easter, Beach season.
Cebu in May
Highs around 33°C, lows 25°C, 104mm of rain; rooms mid-priced.
Cebu in June
Highs around 32°C, lows 25°C, 175mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Monsoon.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Cebu in July
Highs around 32°C, lows 25°C, 167mm of rain; rooms at the year's low.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Cebu in August
Highs around 32°C, lows 25°C, 144mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. On this month: Monsoon, Typhoon season.
Cheap and not one of the wettest months: a good time to go.
Cebu in September
Highs around 32°C, lows 25°C, 174mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Typhoon season.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Cebu in October
Highs around 32°C, lows 25°C, 181mm of rain; rooms at the year's low. One of the three wettest months. On this month: Typhoon season.
Cheap, but wet: keep plans flexible and pack for rain.
Cebu in November
Highs around 31°C, lows 24°C, 145mm of rain; rooms mid-priced.
Cebu in December
Highs around 31°C, lows 24°C, 145mm of rain; rooms at the year's high. On this month: Christmas, New Year holiday.
Peak prices: book early if your dates are fixed.
Cebu seasons and room prices
Cebu is dry from December to May and wet from June to November, with typhoons possible from July to November though they hit Cebu less often than Luzon. Rooms peak over Christmas and New Year, during the Sinulog festival on the third Sunday of January, and in Holy Week before Easter. Korean and Japanese holidays add their own peaks, since both markets fly in on direct flights and fill the Mactan family resorts first. August and September are the cheapest months, and May at the end of the dry season is good value outside the Northeast Asian holidays. Wet season rain usually means an hour or two in the afternoon.
Cebu local costs and payment
The currency is the Philippine peso. Resorts, malls and larger restaurants take cards, but nearly everything else runs on cash, including island hopping tours, tips and small fares, so change money at the airport or a mall counter. Resorts often add VAT and a service charge on top of the room rate, and the gap between displayed rate and total can be large on some sites, so compare totals including tax. Grab works in Cebu but cars are scarce and waits can be long. Pay in pesos or dollars and refuse any conversion into your home currency at checkout.
Take Cebu further into a stay plan
Once you have picked a cheap time to go, work out which base gives you the shortest travel.
When to visit Cebu: common questions
When is it cheapest?
Cebu is cheapest in the low season, June, July, August, September, October.
When is peak season?
January, February, December is peak season, when room prices are highest.
Which months should I avoid?
To spend the least, avoid the peak months of January, February, December, when prices climb.
Which month in Cebu is both cheap and pleasant?
The month to pick is July. Rooms sit at this city's yearly low, and at an average high of 32°C and low of 25°C with 167mm of rain it asks the least of you of any of its cheap months.
Which month is wettest in Cebu?
The wettest month in Cebu is October, at 181mm, and it is also one of the cheapest. That is usually the reason the rooms are cheap.