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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Jakarta or La Spezia?

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
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, La Spezia 58: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, La Spezia 40: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, La Spezia 28: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, La Spezia 48: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, La Spezia 35: Jakarta leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, La Spezia 50: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, La Spezia 28: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, La Spezia 32: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Jakarta
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaLa Spezia
Official languageIndonesianItalian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m3 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaLa Spezia
City population11,135,19192,119
People per km²16,8211,792
Museums within 10 km4412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.