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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Lisbon?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Lisbon 75: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Lisbon 60: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Lisbon 55: Jakarta leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Lisbon 36: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaLisbon
Official languageIndonesianPortuguese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m100 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaLisbon
City population11,135,191545,796
People per km²16,8215,453
Museums within 10 km4480
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.