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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Lucerne 35, Yogyakarta 22: Lucerne leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Yogyakarta 72: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lucerne and Yogyakarta are level on 78.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Yogyakarta 40: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Yogyakarta 35: Lucerne leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Yogyakarta 58: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 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: Lucerne 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

Lucerne
54match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

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. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureLucerneYogyakarta
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshIndonesian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation436 m113 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneYogyakarta
City population86,234422,732
People per km²2,96313,007
Museums within 10 km1438
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.