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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Portofino 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 Portofino for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Portofino 60, Yogyakarta 22: Portofino leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Yogyakarta 72: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Yogyakarta 35: Portofino leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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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PortofinoYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoYogyakarta
Official languageItalianIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m113 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoYogyakarta
City population355422,732
People per km²14213,007
Museums within 10 km1438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.