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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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. Bilbao 45, Windhoek 4: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Windhoek 36: Bilbao leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Windhoek 30: Bilbao leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Windhoek 25: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Windhoek 52: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Windhoek 14: Bilbao leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Windhoek 30: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Windhoek 22: Bilbao leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Windhoek 30: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Windhoek 18: Bilbao leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Windhoek 30: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BilbaoWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m1,650 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoWindhoek
City population351,124486,169
People per km²8,44095
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). 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.