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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Porto 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 Porto for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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. Porto 40, Windhoek 4: Porto leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Windhoek 36: Porto leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Windhoek 30: Porto leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Windhoek 25: Porto leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Windhoek 52: Porto leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Windhoek 14: Porto leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Windhoek 30: Porto leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Windhoek 22: Porto leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Windhoek 30: Porto leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Porto and Windhoek are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Windhoek 18: Porto leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Windhoek 30: Porto leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

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.

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 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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PortoWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation104 m1,650 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoWindhoek
City population273,476486,169
People per km²6,60695
Museums within 10 km425
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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.