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The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Wellington by lumoplank, CC0; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Wellington 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 Wellington for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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. Wellington 33, Yogyakarta 22: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Wellington and Yogyakarta are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Wellington 44, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Wellington 45, Yogyakarta 32: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Wellington 78, Yogyakarta 72: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Wellington 40, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Wellington 62, Yogyakarta 40: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Wellington 68, Yogyakarta 35: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Wellington 42, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Wellington 33, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Wellington 56, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Wellington 30, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Wellington and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
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.

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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. Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureWellingtonYogyakarta
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriIndonesian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number111112
Elevation0 m113 m
Main airportWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureWellingtonYogyakarta
City population216,200422,732
People per km²48713,007
Museums within 10 km1238
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.