VacationSelector

Ottawa 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.

Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
Ottawa

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
Ubud

Photo: Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Ottawa
51
match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Ubud
✓ Best match
54
match

Wins on prices and wellness 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.

OttawaUbud
Beaches & swimming. Ubud leads by 5 points.5
Food & drink. Ubud leads by 10 points.10
Culture & sights. Ottawa leads by 4 points.4
Nightlife. Ottawa leads by 21 points.21
Nature & outdoors. Ubud leads by 8 points.8
Day trips. Ubud leads by 13 points.13
Good for families. Ottawa leads by 24 points.24
Getting around. Ottawa leads by 52 points.52
Shopping & style. Ubud leads by 10 points.10
Affordability. Ubud leads by 42 points.42
Live music & performing arts. Ubud leads by 3 points.3
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud leads by 41 points.41
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa 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
JulyOttawaUbud
Daytime high27 °C29 °C
Night-time low16 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month82 mm27 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea27 °C
Daylight15 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
Ottawa
-5
-3
3
11
19
24
27
26
22
14
6
-2
Ubud
31
31
31
31
31
30
29
29
30
31
32
31
Sea temperature, °C
Ottawa
No coastline within reach
Ubud
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
Rainfall, mm
Ottawa
60
53
56
74
66
87
82
89
78
94
59
80
Ubud
396
289
222
125
76
38
27
12
30
74
132
295
Daylight, hours per day
Ottawa
9
10
12
14
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
9
Ubud
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Ottawa
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. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureOttawaUbud
Official languageFrench, EnglishIndonesian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation70 m210 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaUbud
City population1,017,449-
People per km²366-
Museums within 10 km2014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.