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White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pensacola 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 Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • shopping

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. Pensacola 84, Windhoek 4: Pensacola leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Pensacola 45, Windhoek 36: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Pensacola 45, Windhoek 30: Pensacola leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Pensacola 42, Windhoek 25: Pensacola leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pensacola 62, Windhoek 52: Pensacola leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Pensacola 45, Windhoek 14: Pensacola leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Pensacola 62, Windhoek 30: Pensacola leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Pensacola 18, Windhoek 22: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Pensacola 28, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Pensacola 44, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pensacola 36, Windhoek 18: Pensacola leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pensacola and Windhoek are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pensacola and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Pensacola
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °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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PensacolaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePensacolaWindhoek
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
Elevation31 m1,650 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePensacolaWindhoek
City population54,312486,169
People per km²51595
Museums within 10 km55
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.