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The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Yogyakarta or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Yogyakarta 62, Zagreb 55: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Yogyakarta 68, Zagreb 56: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Yogyakarta 32, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Yogyakarta 72, Zagreb 62: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Yogyakarta 78, Zagreb 60: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Yogyakarta 40, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Yogyakarta 35, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Yogyakarta 52, Zagreb 40: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Yogyakarta 92, Zagreb 60: Yogyakarta leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Yogyakarta 58, Zagreb 52: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Yogyakarta 50, Zagreb 33: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Yogyakarta and Zagreb.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

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. Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureYogyakartaZagreb
Official languageIndonesianCroatian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation113 m127 m
Main airportYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureYogyakartaZagreb
City population422,732767,131
People per km²13,007-
Museums within 10 km3827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.