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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Brisbane 55, Windhoek 4: Brisbane leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Windhoek 36: Brisbane leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Windhoek 30: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Windhoek 25: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Windhoek 52: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Windhoek 14: Brisbane leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Windhoek 30: Brisbane leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Windhoek 22: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Windhoek 30: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Windhoek 18: Brisbane leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Windhoek 30: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneWindhoek
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+2
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m1,650 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneWindhoek
City population2,706,966486,169
People per km²17195
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.