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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Alta, Utah 3, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Yogyakarta 72: Alta, Utah leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah and Yogyakarta are level on 35.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah 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.

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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahYogyakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m113 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahYogyakarta
City population228422,732
People per km²1913,007
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.