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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Hamburg 28, Windhoek 4: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Windhoek 36: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Windhoek 30: Hamburg leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Windhoek 25: Hamburg leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg and Windhoek are level on 52.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Windhoek 14: Hamburg leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Windhoek 30: Hamburg leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Windhoek 22: Hamburg leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Windhoek 30: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Windhoek 18: Hamburg leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Windhoek 30: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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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HamburgWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgWindhoek
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m1,650 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgWindhoek
City population1,869,473486,169
People per km²2,47695
Museums within 10 km775
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.