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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Pensacola?

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

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Pensacola 45: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Pensacola 45: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Pensacola 42: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Jakarta and Pensacola are level on 45.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Pensacola 18: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Pensacola 28: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Pensacola 44: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Pensacola 36: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Pensacola 30: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on shopping and prices with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaPensacola
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m31 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaPensacola
City population11,135,19154,312
People per km²16,821515
Museums within 10 km445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.