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A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Valparaiso 36, Yogyakarta 22: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Valparaiso 50, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Valparaiso 62, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Valparaiso 56, Yogyakarta 32: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valparaiso 60, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Valparaiso 63, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Valparaiso 33, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Valparaiso 44, Yogyakarta 35: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Valparaiso 30, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Valparaiso 60, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valparaiso 38, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valparaiso 18, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valparaiso and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
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

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.

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. Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureValparaisoYogyakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation21 m113 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureValparaisoYogyakarta
City population296,655422,732
People per km²6,18013,007
Museums within 10 km1738
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). 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.