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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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. Auckland 68, Windhoek 4: Auckland leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Windhoek 36: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Windhoek 30: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Windhoek 25: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Windhoek 52: Auckland leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Windhoek 14: Auckland leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Windhoek 30: Auckland leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Windhoek 22: Auckland leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Windhoek 30: Auckland leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Windhoek 18: Auckland leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Windhoek 30: Auckland leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandWindhoek
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriEnglish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m1,650 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandWindhoek
City population1,470,100486,169
People per km²2,63095
Museums within 10 km155
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Windhoek somewhere new.

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.