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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

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

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Rotterdam 27, Windhoek 4: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Windhoek 36: Rotterdam leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Windhoek 30: Rotterdam leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, Windhoek 25: Rotterdam leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Windhoek 14: Rotterdam leads by 71 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Windhoek 30: Rotterdam leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Windhoek 22: Rotterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, Windhoek 30: Rotterdam leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Windhoek 18: Rotterdam leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Windhoek 30: Rotterdam leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamWindhoek
Official languageDutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m1,650 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamWindhoek
City population664,311486,169
People per km²2,08095
Museums within 10 km405
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.