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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tampa 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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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. Tampa 70, Windhoek 4: Tampa leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Windhoek 36: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, Windhoek 30: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Windhoek 25: Tampa leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Windhoek 52: Tampa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Windhoek 14: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Windhoek 30: Tampa leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Tampa and Windhoek are level on 22.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Windhoek 30: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Windhoek 18: Tampa leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa and Windhoek are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation30 m1,650 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaWindhoek
City population384,959486,169
People per km²84895
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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.