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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Bath 10, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Jakarta 48: Bath leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Jakarta 30: Bath leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Jakarta 45: Bath leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Bath and Jakarta are level on 50.
Getting around. Bath 72, Jakarta 36: Bath leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Jakarta 42: Bath leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Jakarta 46: Bath leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bath
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Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathJakarta
Official languageEnglishIndonesian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m91 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBathJakarta
City population94,09211,135,191
People per km²3,24516,821
Museums within 10 km1744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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. 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.