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Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ubud or Victoria?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Victoria for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Ubud 60, Victoria 50: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Ubud 58, Victoria 42: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Ubud 15, Victoria 30: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ubud 80, Victoria 77: Ubud leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Ubud 72, Victoria 54: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Ubud 48, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ubud 10, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Ubud 52, Victoria 40: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Ubud 80, Victoria 34: Ubud leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ubud 47, Victoria 40: Ubud leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud 96, Victoria 48: Ubud leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ubud and Victoria.

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 prices with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUbudVictoria
Official languageIndonesianFrench, English
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation210 m23 m
Main airportDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureUbudVictoria
City population-91,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.