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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’s own page.

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Cairo 10, Windhoek 4: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Windhoek 36: Cairo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Windhoek 30: Cairo leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Windhoek 25: Cairo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Windhoek 14: Cairo leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Windhoek 30: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Windhoek 22: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Windhoek 30: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Windhoek 62: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Windhoek 18: Cairo leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation23 m1,650 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoWindhoek
City population9,801,536486,169
People per km²18,56495
Museums within 10 km485
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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). 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.