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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Mexico City 5, Windhoek 4: Mexico City leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Windhoek 36: Mexico City leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Windhoek 30: Mexico City leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Windhoek 25: Mexico City leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Windhoek 14: Mexico City leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Windhoek 30: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Windhoek 22: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Windhoek 30: Mexico City leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Windhoek 62: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Windhoek 18: Mexico City leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Windhoek 30: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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Mexico CityWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m1,650 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityWindhoek
City population9,209,944486,169
People per km²6,20295
Museums within 10 km1085
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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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). 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.