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The Atomium, Brussels
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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
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Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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. Brussels 18, Windhoek 4: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Windhoek 36: Brussels leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Windhoek 30: Brussels leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Windhoek 25: Brussels leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Windhoek 14: Brussels leads by 75 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Windhoek 30: Brussels leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Windhoek 22: Brussels leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Windhoek 30: Brussels leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Windhoek 18: Brussels leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Windhoek 30: Brussels leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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BrusselsWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsWindhoek
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation70 m1,650 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsWindhoek
City population195,546486,169
People per km²5,90895
Museums within 10 km1065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100

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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.