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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Savannah?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Savannah 58: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Savannah 52: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Jakarta and Savannah are level on 50.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Savannah 42: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Savannah 35: Jakarta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Savannah 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Savannah 40: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSavannah
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m15 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSavannah
City population11,135,191147,780
People per km²16,821524
Museums within 10 km4419
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.