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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

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

Galway 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 Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Galway and Jakarta are level on 28.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Jakarta 30: Galway leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Jakarta 45: Galway leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Jakarta 36: Galway leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Jakarta 42: Galway leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

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

Jakarta
Best match
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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayJakarta
Official languageEnglish, IrishIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m91 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayJakarta
City population83,45611,135,191
People per km²1,56316,821
Museums within 10 km444
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.