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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Windhoek 4: Bordeaux leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Windhoek 36: Bordeaux leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Windhoek 30: Bordeaux leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Windhoek 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Windhoek 52: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Windhoek 14: Bordeaux leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Windhoek 30: Bordeaux leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Windhoek 22: Bordeaux leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Windhoek 30: Bordeaux leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Windhoek 18: Bordeaux leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Windhoek 30: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxWindhoek
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m1,650 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxWindhoek
City population267,991486,169
People per km²5,42595
Museums within 10 km185
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.