VacationSelector
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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. Seattle 30, Windhoek 4: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Windhoek 36: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Windhoek 30: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Windhoek 25: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Windhoek 52: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Windhoek 14: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Windhoek 30: Seattle leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Windhoek 22: Seattle leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Windhoek 30: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Windhoek 18: Seattle leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Windhoek 30: Seattle leads by 10 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200JFMAMJJASOND
SeattleWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m1,650 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleWindhoek
City population737,015486,169
People per km²1,99695
Museums within 10 km275
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Seattle or Windhoek somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.