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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Cork 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 Cork for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Cork 25, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Jakarta 30: Cork leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Jakarta 45: Cork leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Cork and Jakarta are level on 50.
Getting around. Cork 58, Jakarta 36: Cork leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Jakarta 42: Cork leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
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.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkJakarta
Official languageEnglish, IrishIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m91 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCorkJakarta
City population222,33311,135,191
People per km²5,96116,821
Museums within 10 km544
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). 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.