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The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Shanghai 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 Shanghai for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Shanghai 10, Windhoek 4: Shanghai leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Shanghai 88, Windhoek 36: Shanghai leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Shanghai 72, Windhoek 30: Shanghai leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Shanghai 80, Windhoek 25: Shanghai leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Shanghai 25, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Shanghai 90, Windhoek 14: Shanghai leads by 76 points.
Good for families. Shanghai 80, Windhoek 30: Shanghai leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Shanghai 85, Windhoek 22: Shanghai leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Shanghai 82, Windhoek 30: Shanghai leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Shanghai 55, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Shanghai 66, Windhoek 18: Shanghai leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Shanghai 55, Windhoek 30: Shanghai leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Shanghai and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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. Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureShanghaiWindhoek
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation4 m1,650 m
Main airportShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureShanghaiWindhoek
City population24,870,895486,169
People per km²3,92295
Museums within 10 km455
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.