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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Siena 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 Siena for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Siena 14, Windhoek 4: Siena leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Windhoek 36: Siena leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Windhoek 30: Siena leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Windhoek 25: Siena leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Windhoek 52: Siena leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Windhoek 14: Siena leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Windhoek 30: Siena leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Windhoek 22: Siena leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Windhoek 30: Siena leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Windhoek 18: Siena leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Windhoek 30: Siena leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
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

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaWindhoek
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation322 m1,650 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaWindhoek
City population52,812486,169
People per km²44695
Museums within 10 km305
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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.