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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Montevideo?

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 Montevideo for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Montevideo 57: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Montevideo 50: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Montevideo 34: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Montevideo 36: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Montevideo 42: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Montevideo 38: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMontevideo
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m41 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMontevideo
City population11,135,1911,302,954
People per km²16,8211,785
Museums within 10 km4436
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.