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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
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Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Durban 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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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. Durban 80, Jakarta 28: Durban leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Jakarta 30: Durban leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Jakarta 50: Durban leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Jakarta 36: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban 40, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban 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

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanJakarta
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageIndonesian
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m91 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanJakarta
City population595,06111,135,191
People per km²2,63416,821
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.