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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Kochi?

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 Jakarta for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Kochi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’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. Jakarta 28, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Kochi 66: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Kochi 18: Jakarta leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Kochi 52: Kochi leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Kochi 40: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Kochi 44: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Kochi 45: Jakarta leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Kochi 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Kochi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Jakarta
51match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureJakartaKochi
Official languageIndonesianHindi, English
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation91 m0 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaKochi
City population11,135,191677,381
People per km²16,8217,138
Museums within 10 km444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Jakarta or Kochi somewhere new.

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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). 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.