Climate
Jakarta logs 1 outdoor-dinner months a year to Kupang's 11 — Kupang wins by 10. Kupang also leads on sunny days by 58.
Jakarta
Feels-like °C
Dinner outside
Kupang
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Dinner outside
Cost of Living
Jakarta averages $889/mo for balanced living; Kupang has no cost baseline yet.
Jakarta
$889monthly · balanced
Mobility
Jakarta scores 1.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Kupang has no mobility baseline.
Culture
Jakarta's culture score of 3.5 sits well above Kupang's 0.0.
Nature & Outdoors
Jakarta scores 2.3 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Kupang has no nature & outdoors baseline.
Safety
Jakarta scores 1.2 on safety (0–5 scale); Kupang has no safety baseline.
Career
Jakarta scores 3.7 on career (0–5 scale); Kupang has no career baseline.
Social & Community
Jakarta scores 3.2 on social & community (0–5 scale); Kupang has no social & community baseline.
Food & Dining
Jakarta scores 3.2 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Kupang has no food & dining baseline.
Family
Jakarta scores 3.0 on family (0–5 scale); Kupang has no family baseline.
Healthcare
Jakarta scores 2.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Kupang has no healthcare baseline.
Air Quality
Jakarta averages 36.8 µg/m³ (very unhealthy) PM2.5 annually versus Kupang's 9.6 µg/m³ (good) — Kupang breathes ~74% cleaner air (27.2 µg/m³ lower).
Jakarta
Kupang
PM2.5 annual average
WHO classification
City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Jakarta (40.5M) and Kupang (530K) are 77x in population — Jakarta is the larger metro, Kupang the smaller; on land area Jakarta spans roughly 39x more ground.
Jakarta is roughly 54x the scale of Kupang
Combined population & area comparison
JakartaKupangCity Scale Rankings
Jakarta40.5M77xKupang530K1xJakarta4,614 km²39xKupang119 km²1xJakarta
Kupang
Who Thrives Here
Jakarta favours the big city energy, while Kupang suits the clean air seeker. Both cities work well for the winter escapist.
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