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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Marseille?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Marseille for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Marseille 67: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Marseille 57: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Jakarta and Marseille are level on 50.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Marseille 47: Jakarta leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Marseille 45: Jakarta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Marseille 37: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Marseille.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMarseille
Official languageIndonesianFrench
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m0 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMarseille
City population11,135,191886,040
People per km²16,8213,683
Museums within 10 km4427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.