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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • wellness

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. Manchester 9, Windhoek 4: Manchester leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Windhoek 36: Manchester leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Windhoek 30: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Windhoek 25: Manchester leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Windhoek 52: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Windhoek 14: Manchester leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Windhoek 30: Manchester leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Windhoek 22: Manchester leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Windhoek 30: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Windhoek 18: Manchester leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterWindhoek
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation38 m1,650 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterWindhoek
City population547,627486,169
People per km²4,73795
Museums within 10 km285
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.