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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. New Orleans 14, Windhoek 4: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Windhoek 36: New Orleans leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Windhoek 30: New Orleans leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Windhoek 25: New Orleans leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 10 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Windhoek 14: New Orleans leads by 38 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Windhoek 30: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Windhoek 22: New Orleans leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Windhoek 30: New Orleans leads by 24 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Windhoek 18: New Orleans leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Windhoek.

Your match

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

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and 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.

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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New OrleansWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m1,650 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansWindhoek
City population383,997486,169
People per km²42395
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months-

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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.