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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Copenhagen 40, Yogyakarta 22: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Yogyakarta 62: Copenhagen leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Yogyakarta 68: Copenhagen leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Yogyakarta 32: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Yogyakarta 40: Copenhagen leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Yogyakarta 35: Copenhagen leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Yogyakarta 52: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Yogyakarta 58: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Yogyakarta 50: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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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CopenhagenYogyakarta

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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenYogyakarta
Official languageDanishIndonesian
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m113 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenYogyakarta
City population667,099422,732
People per km²7,33913,007
Museums within 10 km7238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.