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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Split?

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 Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Split 57: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Split 66: Split leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Split 52: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Split 77: Split leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Split 78: Split leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Split 54: Split leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Split 67: Split leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Split 32: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Split 45: Jakarta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Split 37: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Split 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 Split.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaSplit
Official languageIndonesianCroatian
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m0 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaSplit
City population11,135,191160,577
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km4411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.