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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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. Nice 75, Windhoek 4: Nice leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Windhoek 36: Nice leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Windhoek 30: Nice leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Windhoek 25: Nice leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Windhoek 52: Nice leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Windhoek 14: Nice leads by 73 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Windhoek 30: Nice leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Windhoek 22: Nice leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Windhoek 30: Nice leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Windhoek 18: Nice leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Windhoek 30: Nice leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

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.

Nice 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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NiceWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceWindhoek
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m1,650 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceWindhoek
City population357,737486,169
People per km²4,97595
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.