Photos: Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Taipei 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 Taipei for
- getting around
- families
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’s own page.
Choose Yogyakarta for
- prices
- live music and the arts
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Taipei and Yogyakarta.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.
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.
Taipei in July
Yogyakarta in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Taipei 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. Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.
Before you go
| Measure | Taipei | Yogyakarta |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Taiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect | Indonesian |
| Currency | New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) | Rupiah (IDR) |
| Sockets | AB110 V, 60 Hz | CF50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+8 | UTC+7 |
| Emergency number | 110 or 112 or 119 | 112 |
| Elevation | 10 m | 113 m |
| Main airport | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre | Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations |
By the numbers
| Measure | Taipei | Yogyakarta |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,429,429 | 422,732 |
| People per km² | 8,938 | 13,007 |
| Museums within 10 km | 69 | 38 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 3 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 8 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
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