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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Montreal?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta and Montreal are level on 78.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Montreal 60: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Montreal 45: Jakarta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMontreal
Official languageIndonesianFrench, English
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m31 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMontreal
City population11,135,1911,895,211
People per km²16,8213,806
Museums within 10 km4437
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.