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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Fishermen on the rocks at Playa Santa Teresa at sunset, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Santa Teresa, Costa RicaFishermen on the rocks at Playa Santa Teresa at sunset

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Santa Teresa, Costa Rica by Christopher Crouzet, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Santa Teresa, Costa Rica?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Santa Teresa, Costa Rica for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Teresa, Costa Rica’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, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 84: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 40: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 4: Jakarta leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 30: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 78: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 12: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 35: Jakarta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 15: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 12: Jakarta leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 25: Jakarta leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 8: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 70: Santa Teresa, Costa Rica leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
34match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
218 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Puntarenas.

Santa Teresa, Costa Rica 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). Santa Teresa, Costa Rica: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puntarenas (51.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSanta Teresa, Costa Rica
Official languageIndonesianSpanish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m19 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)113 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSanta Teresa, Costa Rica
City population11,135,191-
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km440
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.