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The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Xi'an 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 Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’s own page.

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Xi'an 4, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Xi'an 70, Yogyakarta 62: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Xi'an 81, Yogyakarta 68: Xi'an leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Xi'an 42, Yogyakarta 32: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Xi'an 62, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Xi'an 80, Yogyakarta 78: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Xi'an 48, Yogyakarta 40: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Xi'an 66, Yogyakarta 35: Xi'an leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Xi'an 50, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Xi'an 80, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Xi'an 40, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Xi'an 40, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Xi'an and Yogyakarta.

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

Xi'an
55match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

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. Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureXi'anYogyakarta
Official languagePutonghuaIndonesian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation405 m113 m
Main airportXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureXi'anYogyakarta
City population12,952,907422,732
People per km²1,28313,007
Museums within 10 km938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.