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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Newport Beach?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Newport Beach 50: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Newport Beach 20: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Newport Beach 33: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Newport Beach 66: Newport Beach leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Newport Beach 20: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Newport Beach 62: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Newport Beach 15: Jakarta leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Newport Beach
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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaNewport Beach
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m3 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaNewport Beach
City population11,135,19185,239
People per km²16,821622
Museums within 10 km444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.