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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’s own page.

Choose Windhoek for

  • families

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. Kathmandu and Windhoek are level on 4.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Windhoek 36: Kathmandu leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Windhoek 30: Kathmandu leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Windhoek 25: Kathmandu leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Windhoek 52: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Windhoek 14: Kathmandu leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Windhoek 22: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Windhoek 30: Kathmandu leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Windhoek 62: Kathmandu leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Windhoek 18: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Windhoek 30: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 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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KathmanduWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduWindhoek
Official languageNepaliEnglish
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101112
Elevation1,300 m1,650 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduWindhoek
City population845,767486,169
People per km²17,12195
Museums within 10 km95
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.