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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Yogyakarta 22: Fort Lauderdale leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Yogyakarta 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Yogyakarta 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Yogyakarta 35: Yogyakarta leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale and Yogyakarta are level on 52.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 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: Fort Lauderdale and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleYogyakarta

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. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleYogyakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation11 m113 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleYogyakarta
City population182,760422,732
People per km²1,82913,007
Museums within 10 km638
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). 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.