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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

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

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • 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. Barcelona 75, Jakarta 28: Barcelona leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Jakarta 78: Barcelona leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Jakarta 48: Barcelona leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Jakarta 66: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Jakarta 30: Barcelona leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Jakarta 45: Barcelona leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Jakarta 50: Barcelona leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Jakarta 36: Barcelona leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Jakarta 64: Barcelona leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Jakarta 42: Barcelona leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaJakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation9 m91 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaJakarta
City population1,731,64911,135,191
People per km²17,09416,821
Museums within 10 km9544
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.