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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • 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. Athens 70, Jakarta 28: Athens leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Athens and Jakarta are level on 78.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Jakarta 48: Athens leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Jakarta 66: Athens leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Jakarta 30: Athens leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Jakarta 45: Athens leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Jakarta 50: Athens leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Jakarta 36: Athens leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Jakarta 42: Athens leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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AthensJakarta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensJakarta
Official languageGreekIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation74 m91 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAthensJakarta
City population643,45211,135,191
People per km²16,49916,821
Museums within 10 km8844
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.