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A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Christchurch 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 Christchurch for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Christchurch’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. Christchurch and Ubud are level on 38.
Food & drink. Christchurch 45, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Christchurch 38, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Christchurch 32, Ubud 15: Christchurch leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Christchurch 84, Ubud 80: Christchurch leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Christchurch 45, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Christchurch 66, Ubud 48: Christchurch leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Christchurch 48, Ubud 10: Christchurch leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Christchurch 32, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Christchurch 38, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Christchurch 38, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Christchurch 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: Christchurch and Ubud.

Your match

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

Christchurch
46match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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. Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChristchurchUbud
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriIndonesian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number111112
Elevation20 m210 m
Main airportChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChristchurchUbud
City population383,200-
People per km²1,298-
Museums within 10 km1114
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.