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Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Key West 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 Key West for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Ubud for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Key West 60, Ubud 38: Key West leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Key West 45, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Key West 40, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Key West 62, Ubud 15: Key West leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Key West 62, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Key West 28, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Key West 40, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Key West 62, Ubud 10: Key West leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Key West 30, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Key West 15, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Key West 38, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Key West 40, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Key West and Ubud.

Your match

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

Key West
44match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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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Key WestUbud

Where the figures come from

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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.

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. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKey WestUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m210 m
Main airportKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKey WestUbud
City population26,444-
People per km²1,407-
Museums within 10 km714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.