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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Orlando?

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
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Orlando 48: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Orlando 22: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Orlando 40: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Orlando 46: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Orlando 8: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Orlando 58: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Orlando 36: Jakarta leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Orlando 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Orlando 32: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Orlando.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaOrlando
City population11,135,191334,854
People per km²16,8211,086
Museums within 10 km4411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.