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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Orlando 42, Windhoek 4: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Windhoek 36: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Windhoek 25: Orlando leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Windhoek 14: Orlando leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Windhoek 30: Orlando leads by 68 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Windhoek 22: Windhoek leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Windhoek 30: Orlando leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Windhoek 18: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Windhoek 30: Orlando leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Orlando
Best match
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
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. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m1,650 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoWindhoek
City population334,854486,169
People per km²1,08695
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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.