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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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. Geneva 45, Windhoek 4: Geneva leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Windhoek 36: Geneva leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Windhoek 30: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Windhoek 25: Geneva leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Windhoek 52: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Windhoek 14: Geneva leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Windhoek 30: Geneva leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Windhoek 22: Geneva leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Windhoek 30: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Windhoek 18: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Windhoek 30: Geneva leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaWindhoek
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m1,650 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaWindhoek
City population211,152486,169
People per km²13,28095
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.