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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Jakarta or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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 and Victoria are level on 28.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Victoria 50: Jakarta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Victoria 42: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Victoria 30: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Victoria 40: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Victoria 34: Jakarta leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Victoria 40: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Victoria.

Your match

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

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaVictoria
Official languageIndonesianFrench, English
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m23 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaVictoria
City population11,135,19191,867
People per km²16,8214,711
Museums within 10 km446
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.