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Philae temple on the Nile, Aswan
AswanPhilae temple on the Nile
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Aswan by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aswan 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 Aswan for

  • getting around

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Aswan 10, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Aswan 30, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Aswan 64, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Aswan 8, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aswan 45, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Aswan 52, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Aswan 32, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Aswan 40, Yogyakarta 35: Aswan leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Aswan 30, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Aswan and Yogyakarta are level on 92.
Live music & performing arts. Aswan 14, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aswan 40, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aswan and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Aswan
38match

Wins on getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aswan in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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AswanYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

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. Aswan: 1991-2020 normals, Asswan (18 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAswanYogyakarta
Official languageArabicIndonesian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation99 m113 m
Main airportAswan International Airport (ASW)16 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAswanYogyakarta
City population401,890422,732
People per km²1,07213,007
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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. 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.