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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Mombasa 82, Yogyakarta 22: Mombasa leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Yogyakarta 32: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Yogyakarta 72: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Yogyakarta 40: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Yogyakarta 35: Yogyakarta leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
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

Mombasa 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.

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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMombasaYogyakarta
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliIndonesian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m113 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaYogyakarta
City population1,208,333422,732
People per km²4,10013,007
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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). 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. 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.