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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Tampa?

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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Tampa 57: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Tampa 42: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Tampa 52: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Tampa 22: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Tampa 40: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Tampa 40: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Tampa 30: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaTampa
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m30 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaTampa
City population11,135,191384,959
People per km²16,821848
Museums within 10 km446
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.