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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, San Miguel de Allende 62: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, San Miguel de Allende 38: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, San Miguel de Allende 32: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, San Miguel de Allende 48: San Miguel de Allende leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, San Miguel de Allende 55: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, San Miguel de Allende 50: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, San Miguel de Allende 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on day trips 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaSan Miguel de Allende

Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageIndonesianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m1,900 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSan Miguel de Allende
City population11,135,19169,811
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.