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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Oaxaca?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Oaxaca 40: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Oaxaca 40: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Oaxaca 62: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Oaxaca 77: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Oaxaca 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaOaxaca
Official languageIndonesianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m1,555 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaOaxaca
City population11,135,191258,913
People per km²16,8213,028
Museums within 10 km4410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.