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The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubai 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 Dubai for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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. Dubai 80, Yogyakarta 22: Dubai leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Dubai 76, Yogyakarta 62: Dubai leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Dubai 40, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Dubai 62, Yogyakarta 32: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubai 25, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Dubai 45, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Dubai 82, Yogyakarta 40: Dubai leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Dubai 42, Yogyakarta 35: Dubai leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Dubai 82, Yogyakarta 52: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Dubai 32, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubai 40, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubai 46, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubai and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dubai
54match

Wins on beaches 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.

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 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. Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDubaiYogyakarta
Official languageArabicIndonesian
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m113 m
Main airportDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDubaiYogyakarta
City population3,944,751422,732
People per km²-13,007
Museums within 10 km1438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). 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. 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.