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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

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

Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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. Innsbruck 20, Windhoek 4: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Windhoek 36: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Windhoek 30: Innsbruck leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Windhoek 25: Innsbruck leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Windhoek 52: Innsbruck leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Windhoek 14: Innsbruck leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Windhoek 30: Innsbruck leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Windhoek 22: Innsbruck leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Windhoek 30: Innsbruck leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Windhoek 18: Innsbruck leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Windhoek 30: Innsbruck leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
Best match
53match

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.

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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InnsbruckWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckWindhoek
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation574 m1,650 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckWindhoek
City population132,499486,169
People per km²1,26395
Museums within 10 km285
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.