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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • 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. Tokyo 40, Yogyakarta 22: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Yogyakarta 62: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Yogyakarta 68: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Yogyakarta 32: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Yogyakarta 78: Tokyo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Yogyakarta 40: Tokyo leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Yogyakarta 35: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Yogyakarta 52: Tokyo leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Yogyakarta 58: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Yogyakarta 50: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureTokyoYogyakarta
Official languageJapaneseIndonesian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m113 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoYogyakarta
City population14,264,798422,732
People per km²6,50113,007
Museums within 10 km19238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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). 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.