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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Tokyo 48: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaTokyo
Official languageIndonesianJapanese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation91 m6 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaTokyo
City population11,135,19114,264,798
People per km²16,8216,501
Museums within 10 km44192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.