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Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ubud or Xi'an?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Ubud leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Ubud 60, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Ubud 58, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Ubud 15, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ubud 80, Xi'an 62: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Ubud 72, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ubud and Xi'an are level on 48.
Getting around. Ubud 10, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Ubud 52, Xi'an 50: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ubud and Xi'an are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Ubud 47, Xi'an 40: Ubud leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud 96, Xi'an 40: Ubud leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ubud and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Xi'an
55match

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUbudXi'an
Official languageIndonesianPutonghua
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation210 m405 m
Main airportDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureUbudXi'an
City population-12,952,907
People per km²-1,283
Museums within 10 km149
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.