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The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Jakarta or York?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Jakarta leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Jakarta 78, York 42: Jakarta leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Jakarta 48, York 70: York leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Jakarta 66, York 36: Jakarta leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jakarta 30, York 62: York leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Jakarta 45, York 80: York leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Jakarta 50, York 60: York leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Jakarta 36, York 72: York leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Jakarta 64, York 46: Jakarta leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Jakarta 80, York 38: Jakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jakarta 42, York 38: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jakarta 46, York 34: Jakarta leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jakarta and York.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJakartaYork
Official languageIndonesianEnglish
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation91 m25 m
Main airportSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureJakartaYork
City population11,135,191208,400
People per km²16,821766
Museums within 10 km4424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.