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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Jakarta or San Francisco?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, San Francisco 58: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, San Francisco 58: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, San Francisco 14: Jakarta leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, San Francisco 42: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSan Francisco
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m16 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSan Francisco
City population11,135,191873,965
People per km²16,8211,455
Museums within 10 km4451
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. 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.