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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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. Antwerp 15, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Jakarta 48: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Jakarta 30: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Jakarta 45: Antwerp leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Jakarta 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Jakarta 36: Antwerp leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Jakarta 64: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Jakarta 42: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Jakarta
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.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpJakarta
Official languageFrench, German, DutchIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m91 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpJakarta
City population529,24711,135,191
People per km²2,54216,821
Museums within 10 km3844
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.