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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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. Monaco 68, Windhoek 4: Monaco leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Windhoek 36: Monaco leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Windhoek 30: Monaco leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Windhoek 25: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Windhoek 52: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Windhoek 14: Monaco leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Windhoek 30: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Windhoek 22: Monaco leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Windhoek 30: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Windhoek 18: Monaco leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Windhoek 30: Monaco leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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MonacoWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoWindhoek
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m1,650 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoWindhoek
City population38,857486,169
People per km²18,50395
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.