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The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Yogyakarta or Zurich?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Yogyakarta 62, Zurich 53: Yogyakarta leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Yogyakarta 68, Zurich 58: Yogyakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Yogyakarta 32, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Yogyakarta 72, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Yogyakarta 78, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Yogyakarta 40, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Yogyakarta 35, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Yogyakarta 52, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Yogyakarta 92, Zurich 3: Yogyakarta leads by 89 points.
Live music & performing arts. Yogyakarta 58, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Yogyakarta 50, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Yogyakarta and Zurich.

Your match

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

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureYogyakartaZurich
Official languageIndonesianFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation113 m408 m
Main airportYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureYogyakartaZurich
City population422,732440,935
People per km²13,0075,016
Museums within 10 km3863
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.