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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or San Jose?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose San Jose for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 Jose 30: San Jose leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, San Jose 56: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, San Jose 36: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, San Jose 33: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, San Jose 30: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, San Jose 48: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, San Jose 20: Jakarta leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, San Jose 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, San Jose 30: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and San Jose.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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 Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSan Jose
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 m25 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSan Jose
City population11,135,1911,013,240
People per km²16,8212,167
Museums within 10 km4419
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.