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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Quebec City 18, Windhoek 4: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Windhoek 36: Quebec City leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Windhoek 30: Quebec City leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Windhoek 25: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Windhoek 52: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Windhoek 14: Quebec City leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Windhoek 30: Quebec City leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Windhoek 22: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Windhoek 30: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Windhoek 18: Quebec City leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Windhoek 30: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
16 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. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityWindhoek
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m1,650 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityWindhoek
City population574,482486,169
People per km²1,18495
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.