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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Valparaiso?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Valparaiso 50: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Valparaiso 56: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Valparaiso 33: Jakarta leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Valparaiso 30: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Valparaiso 60: Jakarta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Valparaiso 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Valparaiso 18: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaValparaiso
Official languageIndonesianSpanish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation91 m21 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaValparaiso
City population11,135,191296,655
People per km²16,8216,180
Museums within 10 km4417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.