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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Manaus 56: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Manaus 46: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Manaus 42: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Manaus 12: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Manaus 35: Jakarta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Manaus 27: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Manaus 36: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Manaus 63: Jakarta leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Manaus 20: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Manaus.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaManaus
Official languageIndonesianPortuguese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation91 m92 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaManaus
City population11,135,1912,303,732
People per km²16,821202
Museums within 10 km4413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.