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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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. Granada 38, Windhoek 4: Granada leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Windhoek 36: Granada leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Windhoek 30: Granada leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Windhoek 25: Granada leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Windhoek 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Windhoek 14: Granada leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Windhoek 30: Granada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Windhoek 22: Granada leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Windhoek 30: Granada leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Windhoek 62: Granada leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Windhoek 18: Granada leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Windhoek 30: Granada leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 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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GranadaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m1,650 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaWindhoek
City population233,975486,169
People per km²2,65995
Museums within 10 km205
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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.