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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Windhoek 4: Austin leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Windhoek 36: Austin leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Windhoek 30: Austin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Windhoek 25: Austin leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Windhoek 52: Austin leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Windhoek 14: Austin leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Windhoek 30: Austin leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Windhoek 22: Austin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Windhoek 30: Austin leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Windhoek 18: Austin leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Windhoek 30: Austin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m1,650 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinWindhoek
City population961,855486,169
People per km²1,21795
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.