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The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Yogyakarta or Zadar?

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 Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. Yogyakarta 22, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Yogyakarta 62, Zadar 45: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Yogyakarta 68, Zadar 55: Yogyakarta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Yogyakarta 32, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Yogyakarta 72, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Yogyakarta 78, Zadar 70: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Yogyakarta 40, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Yogyakarta 35, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Yogyakarta 52, Zadar 27: Yogyakarta leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Yogyakarta 92, Zadar 52: Yogyakarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Yogyakarta 58, Zadar 28: Yogyakarta leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Yogyakarta 50, Zadar 35: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Yogyakarta and Zadar.

Your match

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

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

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

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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.

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureYogyakartaZadar
Official languageIndonesianCroatian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation113 m5 m
Main airportYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureYogyakartaZadar
City population422,73270,779
People per km²13,007-
Museums within 10 km381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.