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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Jakarta or Wellington?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Wellington 62: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Wellington 44: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Wellington 45: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Wellington 40: Jakarta leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Wellington 42: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Wellington 33: Jakarta leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Wellington 30: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaWellington
Official languageIndonesianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation91 m0 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaWellington
City population11,135,191216,200
People per km²16,821487
Museums within 10 km4412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Jakarta or Wellington somewhere new.

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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.