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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart 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 Hobart for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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. Hobart 30, Windhoek 4: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Windhoek 36: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Windhoek 30: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Windhoek 25: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Windhoek 52: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Windhoek 14: Hobart leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Windhoek 30: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Windhoek 22: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Windhoek 30: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Windhoek 18: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Windhoek 30: Hobart leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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.

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartWindhoek
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m1,650 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartWindhoek
City population197,451486,169
People per km²11695
Museums within 10 km85
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). 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.