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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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. Cadiz 80, Windhoek 4: Cadiz leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Windhoek 36: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Windhoek 30: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Windhoek 25: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Windhoek 52: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Windhoek 14: Cadiz leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Windhoek 30: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Windhoek 22: Cadiz leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Windhoek 30: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Windhoek 18: Cadiz leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Windhoek 30: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 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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CadizWindhoek

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

Before you go

MeasureCadizWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m1,650 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizWindhoek
City population109,950486,169
People per km²9,08795
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.