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Bandung

Indonesia

vs
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Jepara

Indonesia

Climate

Bandung logs 12 outdoor-dinner months a year to Jepara's 2 — Bandung wins by 10. Bandung also leads on hot days by 151.

BandungJepara
Sunny days
189244
Hot days
0151
Frost days
00
Rainy days
280238
Outdoor dinner months
12/122/12
Avg wind
1.0 m/s2.8 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,1602,632
Darkest month sun
109 hrs/mo122 hrs/mo
UV peak month
10.511.4

Bandung

Feels-like °C

27
26
27
28
29
29
28
29
29
28
28
26

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Jepara

Feels-like °C

30
29
32
33
33
33
32
33
34
33
33
30

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Bandung averages 25.8 µg/m³ (unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Jepara's 26.5 µg/m³ (unhealthy) — Bandung breathes ~3% cleaner air (0.7 µg/m³ lower).

Bandung

Jepara

25.8µg/m³
26.5µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Unhealthy
Unhealthy

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Bandung (8.7M) and Jepara (682K) are 13x in population — Bandung is the larger metro, Jepara the smaller; on land area Bandung spans roughly 5.8x more ground.

8.6x

Bandung is roughly 8.6x the scale of Jepara

Combined population & area comparison

ID flagBandung
8.6x
ID flagJepara
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.ID flagBandung8.7M13x
2.ID flagJepara682K1x
Area
1.ID flagBandung988 km²5.8x
2.ID flagJepara169 km²1x
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54 km36 km

ID flagBandung

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19 km25 km

ID flagJepara

Who Thrives Here

Jepara is the stronger fit for the sunshine lover. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
BandungJepara
Thrives only in Jepara
BandungJepara
Struggles in both
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Frequently asked about Bandung vs Jepara

How does the climate compare between Bandung and Jepara?
Sunny days: 189 vs 244 d — Jepara higher Annual sunshine: 2,160 vs 2,632 hrs — Jepara higher Winter sunshine: 109 vs 122 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 0 vs 151 d — Bandung lower Frost days: 0 vs 0 d — Similar Rainy days: 280 vs 238 d — Jepara lower
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