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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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. Salzburg 35, Windhoek 4: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Windhoek 36: Salzburg leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Windhoek 30: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg and Windhoek are level on 25.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Windhoek 52: Salzburg leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Windhoek 14: Salzburg leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Windhoek 30: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Windhoek 22: Salzburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Windhoek 30: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Windhoek 18: Salzburg leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Windhoek 30: Salzburg leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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SalzburgWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgWindhoek
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation424 m1,650 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgWindhoek
City population155,021486,169
People per km²2,36095
Museums within 10 km385
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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.