Cebu City uses Asia/Manila — UTC+08:00 (PST) in standard time. It is located in Central Visayas, Philippines. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Cebu City's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Cebu City uses UTC+08:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC+08:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Cebu City is Asia/Manila. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Davao, Manila, Iloilo
Currency: Philippine Peso (PHP). Calling code: +63. Languages: Filipino, English.
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 965,332 people, making it the sixth-most populated city in the country and the most populous in the Central Visayas Region and in the whole Visayas.
It serves as the capital of the Cebu province wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but is one of three highly urbanized cities (together with Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue) that are administratively independent of the provincial government and also the largest city within that province.
It also serves as the regional center of Central Visayas, and its metropolitan area exerts influence on commerce, trade, industry, education, culture, tourism, and healthcare beyond the region, over Central and Eastern Visayas and partly over Mindanao. It is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies.
Additionally, Cebu City is the prime trading center of the southern Philippines.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Cebu City. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
965,332 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Central Visayas, Philippines.
Asia/Manila · UTC+08:00 (PST).
No daylight saving time.
Philippine Peso (PHP) · +63.
Iloilo, Davao, Manila
Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB) about 9.8 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 30.9°C and lows 25.0°C. Warmest month: May (average high 33.7°C); coolest month: February (average low 24.0°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
The term "Ceboom", a portmanteau of "Cebu" and "boom", has been used to refer to the rapid economic development of both Cebu City and Cebu Province from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Cebu City is considered to be the prime trading center of the southern Philippines. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Central Visayas · IANA zone: Asia/Manila · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Cebu City and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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