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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Anchorage 8, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Ubud 15: Anchorage leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Ubud 80: Anchorage leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Ubud 48: Anchorage leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Ubud 10: Anchorage leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 64 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Ubud.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

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

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 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

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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m210 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageUbud
City population291,247-
People per km²58-
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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. 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.