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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • 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. Berlin 38, Jakarta 28: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Jakarta 48: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Jakarta 66: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Jakarta 30: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Jakarta 45: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Jakarta 50: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Jakarta 36: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Jakarta 64: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Jakarta 42: Berlin leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Jakarta 46: Berlin leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinJakarta
Official languageGermanIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m91 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinJakarta
City population3,700,57711,135,191
People per km²4,15316,821
Museums within 10 km15744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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.