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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Jakarta or Miami?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Miami 72: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Miami 57: Miami leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Miami 82: Miami leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Miami 64: Miami leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Miami 42: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Miami 64: Miami leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Miami 35: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Miami 71: Miami leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Miami 27: Jakarta leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Miami 55: Miami leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Miami 44: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Miami.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMiami
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m2 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMiami
City population11,135,191442,241
People per km²16,8213,046
Museums within 10 km4417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.