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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Luang Prabang?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Luang Prabang 42: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Luang Prabang 8: Jakarta leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Luang Prabang 35: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Luang Prabang 38: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Luang Prabang 38: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Jakarta and Luang Prabang are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Luang Prabang 18: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaLuang Prabang
Official languageIndonesianLao
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCF50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation91 m305 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaLuang Prabang
City population11,135,19153,792
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km440
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.