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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

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

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Tallinn 28, Yogyakarta 22: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn and Yogyakarta are level on 68.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Yogyakarta 32: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Yogyakarta 40: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Yogyakarta 35: Tallinn leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn and Yogyakarta are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
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.

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 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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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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureTallinnYogyakarta
Official languageEstonianIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation28 m113 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnYogyakarta
City population457,572422,732
People per km²2,87113,007
Museums within 10 km1638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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). 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. 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.