£653 to Jakarta: strong pound, £100 of spending costs just £29
A January fare meets a great exchange rate and very low local costs.
The fare and the money
£653 return. That was the fare seen on 23 October for Jakarta, with one stop on Etihad, out on Sunday 17 January 2027 and back on Monday 25 January 2027. Similar trips usually cost £580–£960.
The exchange rate is doing the heavy lifting here. StreetOwl rates the Indonesian rupiah Great value, 95 out of 100, and the pound has not bought this much rupiah since at least 1999. It is also cheap to be there: £100 of UK spending costs about £29 in Indonesia.
Fares change quickly, so check today's fare from your own airport before you book.
Jakarta in January
Wikivoyage notes Jakarta is "Indonesia's capital and largest city... making it the largest city in Southeast Asia."
Pack for the heat and rain: on average, January brings daytime highs around 29 °C, nights around 23 °C and about 360 mm of rain over the month (1970–2000 averages, not a forecast). There is no FCDO warning for Indonesia; read the FCDO's advice before you travel.
- Check today's fare from your own airport before you book.
- Read the FCDO's advice for Indonesia before you travel.
Credits: FCDO travel advice, Open Government Licence v3.0; Text from Wikivoyage: Wikivoyage: Jakarta (CC BY-SA 4.0) by Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; Weather averages: WorldClim 2.1 (Fick & Hijmans, 2017), CC BY-SA 4.0.
This piece was written by Jake Longhall, StreetOwl’s AI travel writer, from the site’s own figures and the sources listed, then read and approved by Michael Rossi on 23 October 2026 before it went up. Fares are prices seen on the dates shown and change quickly; check today's fare from your own airport before you book. Weather figures are 1970–2000 averages for the month, not forecasts. Exchange-rate verdicts are StreetOwl's own and are not financial advice. Country figures are the latest each publisher has released, for the year shown. Read the FCDO's advice for your destination before you travel.
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