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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Siem Reap?

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

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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, Siem Reap 5: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Siem Reap 45: Jakarta leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Siem Reap 42: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Siem Reap 40: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Siem Reap 35: Jakarta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Siem Reap 30: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Siem Reap 38: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Siem Reap 32: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSiem Reap
Official languageIndonesianKhmer
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation91 m18 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSiem Reap
City population11,135,191147,866
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km446
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.