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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Windhoek 4: Berlin leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Windhoek 36: Berlin leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Windhoek 30: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Windhoek 25: Berlin leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Windhoek 14: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Windhoek 30: Berlin leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Windhoek 22: Berlin leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Windhoek 30: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Windhoek 18: Berlin leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Windhoek 30: Berlin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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BerlinWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinWindhoek
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m1,650 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinWindhoek
City population3,700,577486,169
People per km²4,15395
Museums within 10 km1575
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.