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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Manchester?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Manchester for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Jakarta leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Manchester 51: Jakarta leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Manchester 62: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Manchester 42: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Manchester 15: Jakarta leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Manchester.

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.

Manchester
Best match
54match

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaManchester
City population11,135,191547,627
People per km²16,8214,737
Museums within 10 km4428
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.