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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

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. Chengdu 5, Windhoek 4: Chengdu leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Windhoek 36: Chengdu leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Windhoek 30: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Windhoek 25: Chengdu leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Windhoek 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Windhoek 14: Chengdu leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Windhoek 30: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Windhoek 22: Chengdu leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Windhoek 30: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Windhoek 62: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Windhoek 18: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Windhoek 30: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduWindhoek
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m1,650 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduWindhoek
City population20,937,757486,169
People per km²1,45695
Museums within 10 km105
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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. 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.