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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Stockholm 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 Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • 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. Stockholm 40, Yogyakarta 22: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Yogyakarta 62: Stockholm leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Yogyakarta 68: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Yogyakarta 32: Stockholm leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm and Yogyakarta are level on 72.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Yogyakarta 40: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Yogyakarta 35: Stockholm leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Yogyakarta 52: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Yogyakarta 58: Stockholm leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Yogyakarta 50: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

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.

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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StockholmYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

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. Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureStockholmYogyakarta
Official languageSwedishIndonesian
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m113 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmYogyakarta
City population984,748422,732
People per km²5,26013,007
Museums within 10 km26638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.