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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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. Maastricht 8, Windhoek 4: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Windhoek 36: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Windhoek 30: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Windhoek 25: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Windhoek 52: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Windhoek 14: Maastricht leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Windhoek 30: Maastricht leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Windhoek 22: Maastricht leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Windhoek 30: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Windhoek 18: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Windhoek 30: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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MaastrichtWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtWindhoek
Official languageDutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation49 m1,650 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtWindhoek
City population120,227486,169
People per km²2,00095
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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). 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.