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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Portland 20, Windhoek 4: Portland leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Windhoek 36: Portland leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Windhoek 30: Portland leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Windhoek 25: Portland leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Windhoek 52: Portland leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Windhoek 14: Portland leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Windhoek 30: Portland leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Windhoek 22: Portland leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Windhoek 30: Portland leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Windhoek 18: Portland leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Windhoek 30: Portland leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
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. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m1,650 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandWindhoek
City population652,503486,169
People per km²1,73695
Museums within 10 km175
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). 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.