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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Tel Aviv 52: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Tel Aviv 55: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Tel Aviv 14: Jakarta leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Tel Aviv 35: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaTel Aviv
Official languageIndonesianHebrew
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation91 m5 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaTel Aviv
City population11,135,191467,875
People per km²16,8218,998
Museums within 10 km4498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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. 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.