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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’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. Boston 35, Windhoek 4: Boston leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Windhoek 36: Boston leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Windhoek 30: Boston leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Windhoek 25: Boston leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Windhoek 52: Boston leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Windhoek 14: Boston leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Windhoek 30: Boston leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Windhoek 22: Boston leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Windhoek 30: Boston leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Windhoek 18: Boston leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston and Windhoek are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m1,650 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonWindhoek
City population675,647486,169
People per km²2,91095
Museums within 10 km515
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.