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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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. Los Angeles 60, Windhoek 4: Los Angeles leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Windhoek 36: Los Angeles leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Windhoek 30: Los Angeles leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Windhoek 25: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Windhoek 52: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Windhoek 14: Los Angeles leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Windhoek 30: Los Angeles leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Windhoek 22: Los Angeles leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Windhoek 30: Los Angeles leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Windhoek 18: Los Angeles leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Windhoek 30: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Los AngelesWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m1,650 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesWindhoek
City population3,898,747486,169
People per km²2,99495
Museums within 10 km395
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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.