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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aspen 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 Aspen for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Ubud for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Aspen 6, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Ubud 15: Aspen leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Ubud 80: Aspen leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Ubud 48: Aspen leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Ubud 10: Aspen leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 75 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Ubud 47: Aspen leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Ubud.

Your match

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

Aspen
43match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

Aspen 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. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,405 m210 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 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

MeasureAspenUbud
City population7,004-
People per km²700-
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.