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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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. Maastricht 8, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Yogyakarta 32: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Yogyakarta 40: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Yogyakarta 35: Maastricht leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Yogyakarta 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Yogyakarta 50: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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

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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtYogyakarta
Official languageDutchIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation49 m113 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtYogyakarta
City population120,227422,732
People per km²2,00013,007
Museums within 10 km2138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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). 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.