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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Plovdiv?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Plovdiv 50: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Plovdiv 66: Plovdiv leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Plovdiv 42: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Plovdiv 68: Plovdiv leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Plovdiv 70: Plovdiv leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Plovdiv 40: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Plovdiv 33: Jakarta leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Plovdiv 78: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta and Plovdiv are level on 42.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Plovdiv 44: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Plovdiv.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Jakarta
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Plovdiv
50match

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaPlovdiv
Official languageIndonesianBulgarian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m172 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaPlovdiv
City population11,135,191333,994
People per km²16,8213,274
Museums within 10 km4418
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.