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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah or Jakarta?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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. Alta, Utah 3, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 63 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Jakarta 30: Alta, Utah leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °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

Alta, Utah 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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahJakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m91 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahJakarta
City population22811,135,191
People per km²1916,821
Museums within 10 km044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.