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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Osaka 34, Yogyakarta 22: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Yogyakarta 62: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Yogyakarta 32: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Yogyakarta 78: Osaka leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Yogyakarta 40: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Yogyakarta 35: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Yogyakarta 52: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Yogyakarta 58: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Yogyakarta 50: Osaka leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaYogyakarta

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. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureOsakaYogyakarta
Official languageJapaneseIndonesian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m113 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaYogyakarta
City population2,751,862422,732
People per km²12,34013,007
Museums within 10 km4438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.