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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Muscat 44: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Muscat 14: Jakarta leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Muscat 20: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Muscat 42: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Muscat 45: Jakarta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Muscat 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Muscat.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaMuscat
Official languageIndonesianArabic
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCF50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation91 m69 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaMuscat
City population11,135,1911,421,409
People per km²16,821406
Museums within 10 km4410
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. 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.