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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Atlanta 10, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Jakarta 48: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Jakarta 30: Atlanta leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Jakarta 45: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Jakarta 50: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Jakarta 42: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaJakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m91 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaJakarta
City population498,71511,135,191
People per km²1,43316,821
Museums within 10 km2744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.