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The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Singapore 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 Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Singapore 40, Yogyakarta 22: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Singapore 88, Yogyakarta 62: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Singapore 62, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Singapore 50, Yogyakarta 32: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Singapore 45, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Singapore 25, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Singapore 88, Yogyakarta 40: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Singapore 92, Yogyakarta 35: Singapore leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Singapore 76, Yogyakarta 52: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Singapore 25, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Singapore 50, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Singapore 40, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Singapore and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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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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. Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSingaporeYogyakarta
Official languageEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard ChineseIndonesian
CurrencySingapore Dollar (SGD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 999, ambulance 995, fire 995112
Elevation21 m113 m
Main airportSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSingaporeYogyakarta
City population5,866,139422,732
People per km²8,15813,007
Museums within 10 km4038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.