Surabaya DOOH · Tunjungan · Pakuwon · Basuki Rahmat · June 2026

Billboards in the City of Heroes

Indonesia's second city with a metro near 10 million, from the Tunjungan core to the Pakuwon mall belt to the Basuki Rahmat CBD, bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how Surabaya actually moves.

Updated June 15, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

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puts you on a Surabaya screen via Blindspot

Surabaya, large-format DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The Heroes Monument obelisk lit at dusk over the Tunjungan core in central Surabaya · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Surabaya billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Tunjungan, Jalan Raya Darmo and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Surabaya screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.26, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Surabaya play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Surabaya's billboard spots, ranked

Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Tunjungan & Tunjungan Plaza

Best for: City core · Mall footfall · Retail

The historic shopping street and Tunjungan Plaza, one of the largest malls in Indonesia, carrying the densest central footfall in the city.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall10
02

Pakuwon Belt

Best for: Largest mall · Affluent · West-side

The Pakuwon Indah superblock in the west, home to the largest mall in Indonesia and an affluent shopper and resident crowd.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall9
03

Basuki Rahmat & Embong Malang

Best for: CBD · Hotels · Offices

The central business spine of hotels, towers and offices, carrying heavy weekday traffic through the city core.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall9
04

Jalan Raya Darmo

Best for: Upscale avenue · Premium brands · Drive-time

An upscale historic avenue lined with heritage buildings and premium brands, a strong place for high-visibility drive-time.

Visibility8
Dwell time7
Footfall8
05

Jalan Ahmad Yani

Best for: Southern arterial · Airport gateway · Commute

The main southern arterial running toward the airport, carrying heavy commuter flow into and out of the city all day.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall9
06

Gubeng & HR Muhammad

Best for: Transit node · West retail · Mixed crowd

The Gubeng station transit node and the HR Muhammad west-side commercial strip, with steady all-day movement and retail traffic.

Visibility7
Dwell time7
Footfall8

The media estate · operator partners

Surabaya screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Surabaya's media owners, Warna Warni Media, Rainbow, Plasma Outdoor among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Surabaya, Tunjungan · city-core large-format digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Tunjungan · city-core large-format digitalJCDecaux
Surabaya, Pakuwon · mall-belt digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Pakuwon · mall-belt digitalJCDecaux
Surabaya, Basuki Rahmat · CBD digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Basuki Rahmat · CBD digitalJCDecaux
Surabaya, Jalan Darmo · upscale-avenue digital, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Jalan Darmo · upscale-avenue digitalJCDecaux
Surabaya, Ahmad Yani · drive-time bulletin, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Ahmad Yani · drive-time bulletinJCDecaux
Surabaya, Suroboyo Bus · transit screen, real DOOH inventory bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Suroboyo Bus · transit screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Surabaya format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Surabaya's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

Suroboyo Bus and Trans Semanggi BRT screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Surabaya moves

Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city and East Java's economic capital, a major port and industrial centre known as the City of Heroes for the 1945 battle. The Tunjungan core, anchored by the historic shopping street and Tunjungan Plaza, carries the densest central footfall, while the Pakuwon belt in the west holds the largest mall in the country. Basuki Rahmat and Embong Malang run the hotel and office CBD, and Jalan Darmo keeps its upscale avenue traffic. Buy the Ahmad Yani morning commute and the Tunjungan evening peak.

Surabaya footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Tunjungan
Pakuwon
Basuki Rahmat
Darmo
Ahmad Yani
Gubeng
Tunjungan
Pakuwon
Basuki Rahmat
Darmo
Ahmad Yani
Gubeng
HR Muhammad
Rungkut
Suramadu
Tanjung Perak
QuietPeak flow
Surabaya · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Surabaya Per-play price pins across prime Surabaya advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Heroes Monument ◊ Tunjungan 60+ $0.44$0.40$0.36$0.30$0.28 $0.46 PakuwonBasuki RahmatDarmoAhmad YaniGubengTunjungan
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Commuter tide, twice a day

Pakuwon Belt and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Jalan Raya Darmo and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Tunjungan shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Surabaya doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchTunjungan + Pakuwon Belt6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyBasuki Rahmat, Pakuwon Belt7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficJalan Raya Darmo, Tunjungan12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersJalan Ahmad Yani, Pakuwon BeltWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsTunjungan, Gubeng10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Surabaya’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

Book Surabaya by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Surabaya is home to about 3 million residents in the city and roughly 10 million across the Greater Surabaya metro, Indonesia's second-largest (2024 estimates).
  • Surabaya is the City of Heroes, named for the Battle of Surabaya on 10 November 1945, commemorated by the Heroes Monument at 41.15 metres.
  • The Suramadu Bridge linking Surabaya to Madura is the longest bridge in Indonesia at about 5.4 kilometres, opened in 2009.
  • Juanda International Airport (SUB) handled about 14 million passengers in 2024, the main gateway to East Java.
  • Surabaya is East Java's economic capital and home to Tanjung Perak, one of Indonesia's busiest ports, and the largest mall in the country at Pakuwon.
  • On Blindspot, Surabaya screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.26, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Surabaya billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Roadside & arterial digitalfrom ~$0.26 per play$100 buys hourly bursts on Ahmad Yani and the ring roaddrive-time commuter reach
Tunjungan core digitalfrom ~$0.46 per playthe historic shopping core and Tunjungan Plazacentral shopper footfall
Pakuwon mall-belt digitalfrom ~$0.44 per playthe largest mall in the countryaffluent west-side dwell
Jalan Darmo avenue digitalfrom ~$0.36 per playthe upscale heritage avenuepremium drive-time reach
Suroboyo Bus transit screensfrom ~$0.30 per playthe city bus and BRT corridorswalk-up urban commuters

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

What a campaign costs

Surabaya budgets, three ways

Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Commute test

$500-$1,500

A week of morning and evening bursts on the Ahmad Yani arterial.

Multi-zone Surabaya push

$6,000-$18,000

Tunjungan, Pakuwon and Basuki Rahmat running together across peak dayparts.

Citywide flagship

$30,000+

Full central and west-belt saturation timed to a holiday or shopping season.

FAQ

Surabaya billboard FAQs

How much does a billboard cost in Surabaya?

From a few cents per play on urban panels to premium boulevard, transit and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Surabaya screens are priced per play and booked by the hour, entry plays start around $0.26, with no contracts or minimums.

What is the best billboard location in Surabaya?

Tunjungan ranks #1 for reach and dwell. For premium and B2B audiences, Pakuwon Belt leads; for retail intent, Jalan Raya Darmo; for mass commuter frequency, the city's busiest transit arteries.

Can I book a Surabaya billboard for just a few hours?

Yes, on Blindspot every Surabaya screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum contract, so you can buy only the commute peaks, shopping afternoons, or evening windows that match your audience.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Surabaya?

Blindspot aggregates digital out-of-home inventory across Surabaya onto one map, roadside and boulevard screens, transit, mall and place-based panels, bookable per play. The wider OOH supply is run by operators such as Warna Warni Media, Rainbow, Plasma Outdoor.

How fast can my ad go live in Surabaya?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Surabaya for $500?

A multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic Pakuwon Belt corridor, a concentrated burst across the busiest transit and retail screens at peak hours, or thousands of plays on central urban panels.

Is there a minimum spend for Surabaya billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Surabaya campaign.

How to book

Live on a Surabaya screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Surabaya by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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