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Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Clearwater 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 Clearwater for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Clearwater 90, Jakarta 28: Clearwater leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Clearwater 38, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Clearwater 18, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Clearwater 34, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Clearwater 55, Jakarta 30: Clearwater leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Clearwater 58, Jakarta 45: Clearwater leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Clearwater 78, Jakarta 50: Clearwater leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Clearwater 28, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Clearwater 27, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Clearwater 35, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Clearwater 36, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Clearwater 40, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Clearwater and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Clearwater
45match

Wins on beaches 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.

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Clearwater has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureClearwaterJakarta
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
Elevation9 m91 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureClearwaterJakarta
City population117,29211,135,191
People per km²1,15416,821
Museums within 10 km444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.