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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Doha 45, Windhoek 4: Doha leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Windhoek 36: Doha leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Windhoek 30: Doha leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Windhoek 14: Windhoek leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Windhoek 30: Doha leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Windhoek 22: Doha leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Windhoek 30: Doha leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Windhoek 18: Doha leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Windhoek 30: Doha leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Doha
Best match
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2
Emergency number999112
Elevation0 m1,650 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaWindhoek
City population1,186,023486,169
People per km²8,98595
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.