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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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 and Sapporo are level on 28.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Sapporo 40: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Sapporo 62: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Sapporo 58: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Sapporo 60: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSapporo
Official languageIndonesianJapanese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation91 m5 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSapporo
City population11,135,1911,959,313
People per km²16,8211,747
Museums within 10 km4433
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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.