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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Liverpool?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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, Liverpool 22: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Liverpool 48: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta and Liverpool are level on 66.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Liverpool 52: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Liverpool 50: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Liverpool 22: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Liverpool.

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 food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Liverpool
52match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaLiverpool
Official languageIndonesianEnglish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation91 m70 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaLiverpool
City population11,135,191513,441
People per km²16,8214,592
Museums within 10 km4431
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.