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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth 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 Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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. Perth 86, Windhoek 4: Perth leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Windhoek 36: Perth leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Windhoek 30: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Windhoek 25: Perth leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Windhoek 52: Perth leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Windhoek 14: Perth leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Windhoek 30: Perth leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Windhoek 22: Perth leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Windhoek 30: Perth leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Windhoek 18: Perth leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Windhoek 30: Perth leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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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PerthWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthWindhoek
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m1,650 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthWindhoek
City population2,141,834486,169
People per km²33495
Museums within 10 km155
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.