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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Lisbon 50, Windhoek 4: Lisbon leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Windhoek 36: Lisbon leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Windhoek 30: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Windhoek 25: Lisbon leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Windhoek 52: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Windhoek 14: Lisbon leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Windhoek 30: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Windhoek 22: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Windhoek 30: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Windhoek 18: Lisbon leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Windhoek 30: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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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LisbonWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m1,650 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonWindhoek
City population545,796486,169
People per km²5,45395
Museums within 10 km805
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.