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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo 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 Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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. Sapporo 28, Windhoek 4: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Windhoek 36: Sapporo leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Windhoek 30: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Windhoek 25: Sapporo leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Windhoek 52: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Windhoek 14: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Windhoek 30: Sapporo leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Windhoek 22: Sapporo leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Windhoek 30: Sapporo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Windhoek 18: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Windhoek 30: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoWindhoek
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m1,650 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoWindhoek
City population1,959,313486,169
People per km²1,74795
Museums within 10 km335
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). 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.