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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Luxor 6, Windhoek 4: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Windhoek 36: Windhoek leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Windhoek 30: Luxor leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Windhoek 14: Luxor leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Luxor and Windhoek are level on 30.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Windhoek 22: Luxor leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Windhoek 62: Luxor leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Luxor
Best match
38match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Luxor has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m1,650 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorWindhoek
City population202,232486,169
People per km²48695
Museums within 10 km45
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). 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.