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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Essaouira 47, Jakarta 28: Essaouira leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira and Jakarta are level on 48.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Jakarta 30: Essaouira leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Jakarta 36: Essaouira leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Jakarta 46: Essaouira leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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

Essaouira 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraJakarta
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightIndonesian
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15112
Elevation11 m91 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraJakarta
City population82,96211,135,191
People per km²16,59216,821
Museums within 10 km244
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.