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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • beaches

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. Chengdu 5, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Jakarta 78: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Jakarta 48: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Jakarta 66: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Jakarta 30: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Jakarta 45: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Jakarta 50: Chengdu leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Jakarta 36: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu and Jakarta are level on 64.
Affordability. Chengdu and Jakarta are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Jakarta 42: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Jakarta 46: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduJakarta
Official languagePutonghuaIndonesian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m91 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChengduJakarta
City population20,937,75711,135,191
People per km²1,45616,821
Museums within 10 km1044
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.