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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

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. Plovdiv 7, Windhoek 4: Plovdiv leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Windhoek 36: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Windhoek 30: Plovdiv leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Windhoek 25: Plovdiv leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Windhoek 52: Plovdiv leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Windhoek 14: Plovdiv leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Windhoek 30: Plovdiv leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Windhoek 22: Plovdiv leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Windhoek 30: Plovdiv leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Windhoek 62: Plovdiv leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Windhoek 18: Plovdiv leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Windhoek 30: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivWindhoek
Official languageBulgarianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m1,650 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivWindhoek
City population333,994486,169
People per km²3,27495
Museums within 10 km185
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.