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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Yogyakarta 35: Luang Prabang leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Yogyakarta 50: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangYogyakarta

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. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangYogyakarta
Official languageLaoIndonesian
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m113 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangYogyakarta
City population53,792422,732
People per km²-13,007
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.