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The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Steamboat Springs or Ubud?

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 Steamboat Springs for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Ubud for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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. Steamboat Springs 7, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Steamboat Springs 30, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Steamboat Springs 14, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Steamboat Springs 20, Ubud 15: Steamboat Springs leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Steamboat Springs 88, Ubud 80: Steamboat Springs leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Steamboat Springs 12, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Steamboat Springs 62, Ubud 48: Steamboat Springs leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Steamboat Springs 46, Ubud 10: Steamboat Springs leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Steamboat Springs 22, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Steamboat Springs 17, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Steamboat Springs 28, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Steamboat Springs 70, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Steamboat Springs and Ubud.

Your match

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

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
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.

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Steamboat SpringsUbud

Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs 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.

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.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSteamboat SpringsUbud
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,052 m210 m
Main airportYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSteamboat SpringsUbud
City population13,224-
People per km²503-
Museums within 10 km014
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. 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). 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.

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.