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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • beaches
  • 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. Delhi 4, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Jakarta 78: Delhi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Jakarta 48: Delhi leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Jakarta 30: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Jakarta 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Jakarta 36: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Jakarta 64: Delhi leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Jakarta 80: Delhi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Jakarta 42: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiJakarta
Official languageHindi, EnglishIndonesian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m91 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiJakarta
City population26,495,00011,135,191
People per km²18,96216,821
Museums within 10 km2344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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.