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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Quito?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Quito 54: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Quito 77: Quito leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Quito 40: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Quito 86: Quito leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Quito 55: Quito leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Quito 32: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Quito 45: Quito leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Quito 40: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Quito 78: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Quito 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Quito 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 Quito.

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 nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaQuito
Official languageIndonesianSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m2,850 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaQuito
City population11,135,1911,763,275
People per km²16,8214,735
Museums within 10 km4416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.