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The domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Abu DhabiThe domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Abu Dhabi by Jeffry Surianto, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Abu Dhabi or Yogyakarta?

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 Abu Dhabi for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Abu Dhabi’s own page.

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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. Abu Dhabi 78, Yogyakarta 22: Abu Dhabi leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Abu Dhabi 55, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Abu Dhabi 64, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Abu Dhabi 34, Yogyakarta 32: Abu Dhabi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Abu Dhabi 28, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Abu Dhabi 45, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Abu Dhabi 82, Yogyakarta 40: Abu Dhabi leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Abu Dhabi 24, Yogyakarta 35: Yogyakarta leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Abu Dhabi 50, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Abu Dhabi 38, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Abu Dhabi 32, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Abu Dhabi 46, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Abu Dhabi and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Abu Dhabi
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Abu Dhabi in July

43 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Abu Dhabi's temperatures are measured 26 km from the centre, at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Abu Dhabi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Abu Dhabi: 1991-2020 normals, Abu Dhabi International Airport (25.7 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAbu DhabiYogyakarta
Official languageArabicIndonesian
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m113 m
Main airportZayed International Airport (AUH)26 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAbu DhabiYogyakarta
City population1,570,000422,732
People per km²1,61513,007
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months12 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). 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.