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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or New York?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, New York 92: New York leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, New York 89: New York leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, New York 97: New York leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, New York 55: New York leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, New York 68: New York leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, New York 70: New York leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, New York 82: New York leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, New York 97: New York leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, New York 12: Jakarta leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, New York 99: New York leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, New York 42: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and New York.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaNew York
City population11,135,1918,804,190
People per km²16,8217,256
Museums within 10 km44157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.