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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Porto?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Porto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Porto 70: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Porto 68: Porto leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Porto 65: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Porto 64: Porto leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Porto 79: Porto leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Porto 52: Porto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Porto 66: Porto leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Porto 52: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Porto 62: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Porto 52: Porto leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Porto 34: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Porto.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaPorto
Official languageIndonesianPortuguese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m104 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaPorto
City population11,135,191273,476
People per km²16,8216,606
Museums within 10 km4442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.