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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta or Windhoek?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Atlanta for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’s own page.

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Atlanta 10, Windhoek 4: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Windhoek 36: Atlanta leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Windhoek 30: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Windhoek 25: Atlanta leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Windhoek 52: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Windhoek 14: Atlanta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Windhoek 30: Atlanta leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Windhoek 22: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Windhoek 30: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Windhoek 18: Atlanta leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Windhoek 30: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Windhoek.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m1,650 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaWindhoek
City population498,715486,169
People per km²1,43395
Museums within 10 km275
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.