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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • 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. Chicago 50, Yogyakarta 22: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Yogyakarta 62: Chicago leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Yogyakarta 68: Chicago leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Yogyakarta 32: Chicago leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Yogyakarta 40: Chicago leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Yogyakarta 35: Chicago leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Yogyakarta 52: Chicago leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Yogyakarta 58: Chicago leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
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.

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
21 °Csea
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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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. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureChicagoYogyakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation179 m113 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoYogyakarta
City population2,746,388422,732
People per km²4,52913,007
Museums within 10 km4438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.