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The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

San Jose, Costa Rica 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 San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’s own page.

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. San Jose, Costa Rica 12, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. San Jose, Costa Rica 42, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. San Jose, Costa Rica 38, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. San Jose, Costa Rica 40, Yogyakarta 32: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Jose, Costa Rica 78, Yogyakarta 72: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 6 points.
Day trips. San Jose, Costa Rica 52, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. San Jose, Costa Rica 44, Yogyakarta 40: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 4 points.
Getting around. San Jose, Costa Rica 30, Yogyakarta 35: Yogyakarta leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. San Jose, Costa Rica 36, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Affordability. San Jose, Costa Rica 54, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Jose, Costa Rica 38, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Jose, Costa Rica 28, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Jose, Costa Rica and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 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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San Jose, Costa RicaYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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. San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSan Jose, Costa RicaYogyakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,161 m113 m
Main airportJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan Jose, Costa RicaYogyakarta
City population335,007422,732
People per km²7,51113,007
Museums within 10 km938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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.

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.