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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Calgary 8, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Jakarta 30: Calgary leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Jakarta 45: Calgary leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Jakarta 50: Calgary leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Jakarta 36: Calgary leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Jakarta 42: Calgary leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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CalgaryJakarta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryJakarta
Official languageFrench, EnglishIndonesian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m91 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryJakarta
City population1,306,78411,135,191
People per km²1,58316,821
Museums within 10 km1344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.