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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
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Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Tallinn 28, Windhoek 4: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Windhoek 36: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Windhoek 30: Tallinn leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Windhoek 25: Tallinn leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Windhoek 52: Tallinn leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Windhoek 14: Tallinn leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Windhoek 30: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Windhoek 22: Tallinn leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Windhoek 30: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Windhoek 18: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Windhoek 30: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

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.

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnWindhoek
Official languageEstonianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation28 m1,650 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnWindhoek
City population457,572486,169
People per km²2,87195
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.