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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Prague?

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

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Prague 50: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Prague 83: Prague leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Prague 65: Jakarta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Prague 58: Prague leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Prague 77: Prague leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Jakarta and Prague are level on 50.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Prague 83: Prague leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Prague 50: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Prague 62: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Prague 76: Prague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Prague 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 Prague.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaPrague
Official languageIndonesianCzech
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCF50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m235 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaPrague
City population11,135,1911,397,880
People per km²16,8212,817
Museums within 10 km4488
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.