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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Portland?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Portland 68: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Portland 38: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Portland 52: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Portland 84: Portland leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Portland 58: Portland leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Portland 55: Portland leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Portland 62: Portland leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Portland 52: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Portland 38: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Portland 55: Portland leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Portland 42: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Portland.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaPortland
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m152 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaPortland
City population11,135,191652,503
People per km²16,8211,736
Museums within 10 km4417
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.