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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

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

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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. Ghent 25, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Jakarta 48: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Jakarta 30: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Jakarta 45: Ghent leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Ghent and Jakarta are level on 50.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Jakarta 36: Ghent leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Jakarta 42: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentJakarta
Official languageFrench, German, DutchIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m91 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGhentJakarta
City population272,65711,135,191
People per km²1,72816,821
Museums within 10 km3044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.