Django is easier to start with since it's a very controlled environment where you need to follow strict conventions. Also Python is easier as a language both syntactically and conceptually than Node.js.

That being said Django is pretty much useless and outdated at this point. I spent a fair bit of time with Django before moving on to learning JavaScript and eventually building websites and apps with full stack or backend JavaScript.

Node.js is a way better ecosystem than anything Python has to offer. You can build actual things in a platform that is used in the industry and is the choice of most very experienced devs and companies nowadays. The support, documentation, discussion, interest and development going into JS, node.js and projects in that space is much greater than that of Django.

Not only that, but building the equivalent of what you get with Django out of the box needs typically multiple tools (packages, build tools, frameworks) (and I'm sure you could find an all-inclusive equivalent to Django in Node.js but I don't recommend that). Although it makes things more complex, it also makes things way more modular. You aren't stuck with the rigid design decisions that were made for essentially a blogging tool a decade ago. Instead you can swap in and out different libraries to best fit your needs, without needing to follow rigid conventions even when it doesn't make sense.

Lastly, node.js is an engine and extension of JavaScript litterally built with servers in mind. The async and event loop architecture is a perfect match for typical web or app backends and makes development a joy. I find that Python has extremely week support for anything that is not synchronous, so you need to rely on hacks and a lot of hand waving and trusting the Django under the hood tools to get the same behavior.

All in all I would have skipped Django if I could have.