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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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. Bilbao 45, Jakarta 28: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Jakarta 78: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Jakarta 48: Bilbao leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Jakarta 30: Bilbao leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Jakarta 45: Bilbao leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Jakarta 50: Bilbao leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Jakarta 36: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Jakarta 42: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 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: Bilbao and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoJakarta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoJakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m91 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoJakarta
City population351,12411,135,191
People per km²8,44016,821
Museums within 10 km1744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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.