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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Jakarta or Yokohama?

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 Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, Yokohama 72: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, Yokohama 44: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, Yokohama 60: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, Yokohama 55: Jakarta leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaYokohama
Official languageIndonesianJapanese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation91 m24 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaYokohama
City population11,135,1913,757,630
People per km²16,8218,585
Museums within 10 km4438
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.