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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

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

Denver 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 Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Denver 5, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Jakarta 30: Denver leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Jakarta 45: Denver leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Jakarta 50: Denver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Jakarta 36: Denver leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Jakarta 42: Denver leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver 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: Denver 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

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Jakarta
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.

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverJakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,609 m91 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDenverJakarta
City population715,52211,135,191
People per km²1,78316,821
Museums within 10 km2644
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.