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Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ubud or Valparaiso?

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 Ubud for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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. Ubud 38, Valparaiso 36: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Ubud 60, Valparaiso 50: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Ubud 58, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Ubud 15, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ubud 80, Valparaiso 60: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Ubud 72, Valparaiso 63: Ubud leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Ubud 48, Valparaiso 33: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Ubud 10, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Ubud 52, Valparaiso 30: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Ubud 80, Valparaiso 60: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ubud 47, Valparaiso 38: Ubud leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud 96, Valparaiso 18: Ubud leads by 78 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ubud and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

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.

Valparaiso 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. Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUbudValparaiso
Official languageIndonesianSpanish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation210 m21 m
Main airportDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureUbudValparaiso
City population-296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km1417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.