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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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. Faro 74, Windhoek 4: Faro leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Windhoek 36: Faro leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Windhoek 30: Faro leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Windhoek 25: Faro leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Windhoek 52: Faro leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Windhoek 14: Faro leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Windhoek 30: Faro leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Windhoek 22: Faro leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Windhoek 30: Faro leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Windhoek 18: Faro leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Windhoek 30: Faro leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m1,650 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroWindhoek
City population64,560486,169
People per km²31995
Museums within 10 km25
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.