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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Taipei?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Taipei 58: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Taipei 66: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Taipei.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 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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Where the figures come from

Taipei 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaTaipei
Official languageIndonesianTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation91 m10 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaTaipei
City population11,135,1912,429,429
People per km²16,8218,938
Museums within 10 km4469
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.