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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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. Helsinki 28, Yogyakarta 22: Helsinki leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Yogyakarta 32: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Yogyakarta 40: Helsinki leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Yogyakarta 35: Helsinki leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Yogyakarta 52: Helsinki leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Yogyakarta 58: Helsinki leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Yogyakarta 50: Helsinki leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiYogyakarta
Official languageFinnish, SwedishIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation17 m113 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiYogyakarta
City population694,392422,732
People per km²3,23913,007
Museums within 10 km7438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.