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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Mendoza 6, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Ubud 60: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Ubud 15: Mendoza leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Ubud 80: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Ubud 10: Mendoza leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Ubud.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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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Where the figures come from

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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m210 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaUbud
City population127,160-
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. 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.