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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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. Osaka 34, Windhoek 4: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Windhoek 36: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Windhoek 30: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Windhoek 25: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Windhoek 52: Osaka leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Windhoek 14: Osaka leads by 83 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Windhoek 30: Osaka leads by 58 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Windhoek 22: Osaka leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Windhoek 30: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Windhoek 18: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Windhoek 30: Osaka leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaWindhoek
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m1,650 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaWindhoek
City population2,751,862486,169
People per km²12,34095
Museums within 10 km445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.