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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

AlUla or Ubud?

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 AlUla for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Ubud for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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. AlUla 3, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Ubud 58: AlUla leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Ubud 15: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 52 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Ubud 10: AlUla leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 37 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Ubud.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °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

AlUla 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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaUbud
Official languageArabicIndonesian
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112 or 911112
Elevation692 m210 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaUbud
City population32,413-
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.