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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Naples?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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, Naples 50: Naples leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Naples 83: Naples leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Naples 87: Naples leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Naples 60: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Naples 77: Naples leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Naples 96: Naples leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Naples 45: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Naples 54: Naples leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Naples 60: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Naples 63: Jakarta leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Naples 66: Naples leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Naples 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 Naples.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips 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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaNaples
Official languageIndonesianItalian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m17 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaNaples
City population11,135,191913,462
People per km²16,8217,676
Museums within 10 km4465
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.