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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Madrid?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Madrid for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Madrid 60: Madrid leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Madrid 50: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Madrid 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 Madrid.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMadrid
Official languageIndonesianSpanish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m663 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMadrid
City population11,135,1913,506,730
People per km²16,8215,801
Museums within 10 km4488
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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.