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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Busan 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 Busan for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’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. Busan 68, Windhoek 4: Busan leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Windhoek 36: Busan leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Windhoek 30: Busan leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Windhoek 25: Busan leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Windhoek 52: Busan leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Windhoek 14: Busan leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Windhoek 30: Busan leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, Windhoek 22: Busan leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, Windhoek 30: Busan leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Windhoek 18: Busan leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Windhoek 30: Busan leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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BusanWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanWindhoek
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyWon (KRW)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation30 m1,650 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanWindhoek
City population3,453,198486,169
People per km²4,48695
Museums within 10 km75
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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.