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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Rotorua?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Rotorua leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Rotorua 33: Jakarta leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Rotorua 38: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Rotorua 14: Jakarta leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Jakarta and Rotorua are level on 45.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Rotorua 30: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Rotorua 22: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Rotorua 36: Jakarta leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Rotorua 30: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureJakartaRotorua
Official languageIndonesianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation91 m280 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaRotorua
City population11,135,19158,500
People per km²16,82122
Museums within 10 km441
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.