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The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Washington DC 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 Washington DC for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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. Washington DC 12, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Washington DC 67, Yogyakarta 62: Washington DC leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Washington DC 84, Yogyakarta 68: Washington DC leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Washington DC 57, Yogyakarta 32: Washington DC leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Washington DC 64, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Washington DC 73, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Washington DC 73, Yogyakarta 40: Washington DC leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Washington DC 72, Yogyakarta 35: Washington DC leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Washington DC and Yogyakarta are level on 52.
Affordability. Washington DC 28, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Washington DC 67, Yogyakarta 58: Washington DC leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Washington DC 26, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Washington DC 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

Washington DC
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
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.

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 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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Washington DCYogyakarta

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. Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureWashington DCYogyakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation72 m113 m
Main airportRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureWashington DCYogyakarta
City population689,545422,732
People per km²3,89613,007
Museums within 10 km9838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.