Philippines
Cebu in February
🌦️ Shoulder (showers)Warm, humid and some showers.
🎒 Pack: compact umbrella or rain jacket · quick-dry fabrics
Why February scores 8.4What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort7.5
- ✓Warm (28.3°C highs / 24.2°C lows)
- !Very humid/sticky (dew point 23°C)
- !Wet: ~126 mm rain, ~4 heavy-rain days
- Air quality9.8
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~6 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.0
- ·Increased caution
| Feb | Mar | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 8.4 Very good | 8.6 Excellent |
| Season | 🌦️ Shoulder (showers) | ☀️ Dry season |
| High / low | 28° / 24° | 30° / 25° |
| Rain | 126 mm | 72 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 23° | dew pt 23° |
| PM2.5 | 6 µg/m³ | 6 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsFebruary 2027
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
Other public holidays: Chinese New Year (6 Feb)
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.
No major events on our calendar for February.
Coming up later
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
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