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New Orleans or Ubud?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New Orleans

Photo: Bernard Spragg, CC0

Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
Ubud

Photo: Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Too close to call, level with your weighting

New Orleans
54
match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
54
match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

New OrleansUbud
Beaches & swimming. Ubud leads by 26 points.26
Food & drink. New Orleans leads by 29 points.29
Culture & sights. New Orleans leads by 9 points.9
Nightlife. New Orleans leads by 71 points.71
Nature & outdoors. Ubud leads by 34 points.34
Day trips. Ubud leads by 16 points.16
Good for families. New Orleans leads by 11 points.11
Getting around. New Orleans leads by 45 points.45
Shopping & style. New Orleans leads by 4 points.4
Affordability. Ubud leads by 42 points.42
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans leads by 25 points.25
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud leads by 71 points.71
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Ubud.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyNew OrleansUbud
Daytime high33 °C29 °C
Night-time low24 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month169 mm27 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Sea temperature30 °C27 °C
Daylight14 hours a day12 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
New Orleans
17
19
23
26
30
32
33
33
31
27
22
18
Ubud
31
31
31
31
31
30
29
29
30
31
32
31
Sea temperature, °C
New Orleans
14
15
18
22
25
29
30
30
28
24
20
16
Ubud
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
Rainfall, mm
New Orleans
132
104
111
132
143
194
169
180
128
94
98
123
Ubud
396
289
222
125
76
38
27
12
30
74
132
295
Daylight, hours per day
New Orleans
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
10
Ubud
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
New Orleans
No sunshine record
Ubud
7
6
7
8
9
8
9
9
9
9
8
6

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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m210 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansUbud
City population383,997-
People per km²423-
Museums within 10 km1614
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.