Philippines
Cebu in April
🌦️ Shoulder (showers)Warm, humid and some showers.
🎒 Pack: light, breathable clothes & sunscreen · compact umbrella or rain jacket · quick-dry fabrics
Why April scores 8.2What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort7.2
- ✓Warm (31.1°C highs / 25.7°C lows)
- !Very humid/sticky (dew point 23.5°C)
- !Wet: ~105 mm rain, ~3 heavy-rain days
- Air quality9.6
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~7 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.0
- ·Increased caution
| Apr | Mar | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.2 Very good | 8.6 Excellent |
| Season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 31° / 26° | 30° / 25° |
| Rain | 105 mm | 72 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 24° | dew pt 23° |
| PM2.5 | 7 µg/m³ | 6 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsApril 2027
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Day of Valor 9–11 Apr · 3 days off in a row
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore CebuEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyA Philippine island province and city in the Visayas, known for Spanish colonial history, lechon, beaches and dive sites.
Kadaugan sa MactanEvery year27 April every year
A re-enactment of the 1521 Battle of Mactan, in which Lapu-Lapu defeated Magellan.
Why go: Held near the Lapu-Lapu shrine.
Where: Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City
Coming up later
Sinulog FestivalDate variesUsually the third Sunday of January, with events through the month
A huge street dance and religious festival honouring the Santo Niño.
Why go: Hotels fill up and roads close around the parade.
Where: Cebu City
Magellan's Cross
A cross planted by Spanish explorers in 1521, housed in a small chapel.
Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
The country's oldest Catholic church site, home of the revered Santo Niño image.
Fort San Pedro
A small Spanish-era fort near the port.
Kawasan Falls
Turquoise tiered waterfalls in Badian, popular for canyoneering.
Moalboal
A coastal town known for its huge sardine run and sea turtles close to shore.
Malapascua Island
A small island known for diving with thresher sharks.
💡 Thresher shark dives start very early in the morning.
Lechon
Whole roasted pig with crisp skin; Cebu's version is seasoned so it needs no sauce.
Puso
Rice cooked in woven palm-leaf pouches.
Danggit
Dried rabbitfish, fried crisp and eaten at breakfast.
💡 Taboan Market
Sutukil
Seafood prepared three ways: grilled, stewed and raw.
💡 Seafood restaurants in Mactan
Dried mangoes
Sweet dried mangoes, Cebu's best-known food souvenir.
💡 Supermarkets and pasalubong shops
Guitars
Handmade guitars and ukuleles from Mactan's guitar workshops.
💡 Workshops in Lapu-Lapu City
Otap
Flaky oval biscuits.
💡 Pasalubong shops
Danggit
Dried fish, sold vacuum-packed for travel.
💡 Taboan Market