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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Stockholm?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Stockholm 64: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Stockholm 57: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Stockholm 30: Jakarta leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Stockholm has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaStockholm
Official languageIndonesianSwedish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m22 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaStockholm
City population11,135,191984,748
People per km²16,8215,260
Museums within 10 km44266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.