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The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oslo 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 Oslo for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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. Oslo 36, Windhoek 4: Oslo leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Oslo 55, Windhoek 36: Oslo leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Oslo 66, Windhoek 30: Oslo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Oslo 48, Windhoek 25: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oslo 82, Windhoek 52: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oslo 52, Windhoek 14: Oslo leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Oslo 63, Windhoek 30: Oslo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Oslo 85, Windhoek 22: Oslo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Oslo 50, Windhoek 30: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Oslo 14, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oslo 62, Windhoek 18: Oslo leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oslo 60, Windhoek 30: Oslo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oslo and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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.

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsloWindhoek
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation23 m1,650 m
Main airportOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsloWindhoek
City population717,710486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km605
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.