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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Lima?

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

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Lima for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Lima 88: Lima leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Lima 66: Lima leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Lima 62: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Lima 45: Lima leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Lima 34: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Lima 42: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Lima 35: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Lima 52: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Lima 70: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Lima 53: Lima leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Lima 25: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Lima.

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 wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaLima
Official languageIndonesianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation91 m154 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaLima
City population11,135,1919,943,800
People per km²16,8213,721
Museums within 10 km4447
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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