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Plovdiv 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 Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
Plovdiv

Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
Ubud

Photo: Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Plovdiv
50
match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
✓ Best match
54
match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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.

PlovdivUbud
Beaches & swimming. Ubud leads by 33 points.33
Food & drink. Ubud leads by 5 points.5
Culture & sights. Plovdiv leads by 8 points.8
Nightlife. Plovdiv leads by 28 points.28
Nature & outdoors. Ubud leads by 8 points.8
Day trips. Plovdiv leads by 2 points.2
Good for families. Ubud leads by 4 points.4
Getting around. Plovdiv leads by 55 points.55
Shopping & style. Ubud leads by 17 points.17
Affordability. Ubud leads by 4 points.4
Live music & performing arts. Ubud leads by 13 points.13
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud leads by 52 points.52
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv 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
JulyPlovdivUbud
Daytime high31 °C29 °C
Night-time low18 °C24 °C
Rainfall in the month40 mm27 mm
Sunshine10 hours a day9 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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F
M
A
M
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J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Plovdiv
5
9
14
19
24
28
31
31
26
19
13
7
Ubud
31
31
31
31
31
30
29
29
30
31
32
31
Sea temperature, °C
Plovdiv
No coastline within reach
Ubud
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
Rainfall, mm
Plovdiv
65
63
61
53
67
62
40
25
48
66
59
81
Ubud
396
289
222
125
76
38
27
12
30
74
132
295
Daylight, hours per day
Plovdiv
10
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Ubud
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Plovdiv
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
10
7
5
3
2
Ubud
7
6
7
8
9
8
9
9
9
9
8
6

Where the figures come from

Plovdiv's rainfall is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromPlovdivUbud
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
2 h 20 m
€130-210
1 stop
SOF · 125 km
14 h 45 m
€655-1139
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
1 h 15 m
€116-123
SOF · 125 km
12 h 50 m
€633-726
DPS · 29 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
10 h 0 m
€614-660
2 stops
SOF · 125 km
4 h 10 m
€230-254
DPS · 29 km
WarsawWAW, WMI
1 h 55 m
€41-70
SOF · 125 km
13 h 40 m
€782-910
3 stops
DPS · 29 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
4 h 45 m
€298-357
1 stop
SOF · 125 km
9 h 30 m
€461-573
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
AmsterdamAMS
2 h 45 m
no fares
SOF · 125 km
15 h 0 m
€615-646
DPS · 29 km
DohaDOH
4 h 25 m
no fares
SOF · 125 km
9 h 55 m
€774-911
2 stops
DPS · 29 km
PhuketHKT
10 h 15 m
no fares
SOF · 125 km
3 h 45 m
€168-232
DPS · 29 km
Abu DhabiAUH
4 h 45 m
no fares
SOF · 125 km
9 h 30 m
€560-729
DPS · 29 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivUbud
Official languageBulgarianIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m210 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivUbud
City population333,994-
People per km²3,274-
Museums within 10 km1814
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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.