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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Oslo?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oslo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Oslo 55: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Oslo 48: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Oslo 50: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Oslo 14: Jakarta leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Oslo.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaOslo
Official languageIndonesianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation91 m23 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaOslo
City population11,135,191717,710
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km4460
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.