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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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. Madrid 5, Windhoek 4: Madrid leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Windhoek 36: Madrid leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Windhoek 30: Madrid leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Windhoek 25: Madrid leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Windhoek 52: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Windhoek 14: Madrid leads by 75 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Windhoek 30: Madrid leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Windhoek 22: Madrid leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Windhoek 30: Madrid leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Windhoek 18: Madrid leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Windhoek 30: Madrid leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation663 m1,650 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridWindhoek
City population3,506,730486,169
People per km²5,80195
Museums within 10 km885
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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). 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.