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Gastown, Vancouver
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The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Vancouver 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 Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Vancouver 42, Yogyakarta 22: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Vancouver 72, Yogyakarta 62: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Vancouver 42, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Vancouver 42, Yogyakarta 32: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vancouver 97, Yogyakarta 72: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Vancouver 45, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Vancouver 72, Yogyakarta 40: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Vancouver 73, Yogyakarta 35: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Vancouver 55, Yogyakarta 52: Vancouver leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Vancouver 27, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vancouver 52, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vancouver and Yogyakarta are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vancouver and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Vancouver
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureVancouverYogyakarta
Official languageFrench, EnglishIndonesian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m113 m
Main airportVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureVancouverYogyakarta
City population662,248422,732
People per km²5,75913,007
Museums within 10 km2638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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.