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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Seville?

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
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Seville 73: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Seville 82: Seville leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Seville 62: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Seville 52: Seville leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Seville 80: Seville leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Seville 72: Seville leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Seville 55: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Seville 58: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Seville 68: Seville leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSeville
Official languageIndonesianSpanish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m18 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSeville
City population11,135,191689,423
People per km²16,8214,896
Museums within 10 km4424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.