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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Boston 35, Jakarta 28: Boston leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Jakarta 48: Boston leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Jakarta 30: Boston leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Jakarta 45: Boston leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Jakarta 50: Boston leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Jakarta 36: Boston leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Jakarta 42: Boston leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonJakarta
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
Elevation43 m91 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBostonJakarta
City population675,64711,135,191
People per km²2,91016,821
Museums within 10 km5144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.