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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Paris?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Jakarta leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Paris 96: Paris leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Paris 97: Paris leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Paris 80: Paris leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Paris 52: Paris leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Paris 92: Paris leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Paris 79: Paris leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Paris 88: Paris leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Paris 98: Paris leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Paris 25: Jakarta leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Paris 88: Paris leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Paris 40: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Paris.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaParis
Official languageIndonesianFrench
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m27 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaParis
City population11,135,1912,103,778
People per km²16,82119,960
Museums within 10 km44251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.