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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Jakarta or Valletta?

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 Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Valletta 55: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Valletta 46: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Valletta 38: Jakarta leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Valletta 50: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Valletta 32: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Valletta.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaValletta
Official languageIndonesianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation91 m56 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaValletta
City population11,135,1915,197
People per km²16,8216,496
Museums within 10 km4416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. 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.