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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Virginia Beach?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Virginia Beach 42: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Virginia Beach 30: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Virginia Beach 37: Jakarta leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Virginia Beach 27: Jakarta leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Virginia Beach 32: Jakarta leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Virginia Beach 40: Jakarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Virginia Beach 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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JakartaVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaVirginia Beach
Official languageIndonesian-
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation91 m7 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaVirginia Beach
City population11,135,191459,470
People per km²16,821-
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.