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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Windhoek 4: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Windhoek 36: Luang Prabang leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Windhoek 30: Luang Prabang leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Windhoek 52: Luang Prabang leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Windhoek 14: Luang Prabang leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Windhoek 30: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Windhoek 22: Luang Prabang leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Windhoek 30: Luang Prabang leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Windhoek 62: Luang Prabang leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang and Windhoek are level on 18.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Windhoek 30: Luang Prabang leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
Best match
43match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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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Luang PrabangWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangWindhoek
Official languageLaoEnglish
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m1,650 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangWindhoek
City population53,792486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km05
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). 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.