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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Salt Lake City?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Salt Lake City 40: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Salt Lake City 42: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Salt Lake City 30: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Salt Lake City 34: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Salt Lake City 36: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Salt Lake City 40: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Salt Lake City 38: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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JakartaSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSalt Lake City
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m1,288 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSalt Lake City
City population11,135,191199,723
People per km²16,821690
Museums within 10 km4412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.