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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Mexico City 75: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Mexico City 40: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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JakartaMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMexico City
Official languageIndonesianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m2,240 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMexico City
City population11,135,1919,209,944
People per km²16,8216,202
Museums within 10 km44108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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. 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.