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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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. Gdansk 40, Jakarta 28: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Jakarta 48: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Jakarta 30: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Jakarta 45: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Jakarta 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Jakarta 36: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Jakarta 42: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskJakarta
Official languagePolishIndonesian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m91 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskJakarta
City population487,83411,135,191
People per km²71416,821
Museums within 10 km3444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.