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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • 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. Dublin 27, Windhoek 4: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Windhoek 36: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Windhoek 30: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Windhoek 25: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Windhoek 52: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Windhoek 14: Dublin leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Windhoek 30: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Windhoek 22: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Windhoek 30: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Windhoek 18: Dublin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinWindhoek
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m1,650 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinWindhoek
City population592,713486,169
People per km²5,15495
Museums within 10 km405
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.