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The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tirana 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 Tirana for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • wellness

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. Tirana 46, Windhoek 4: Tirana leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Tirana 57, Windhoek 36: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Tirana 42, Windhoek 30: Tirana leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Tirana 58, Windhoek 25: Tirana leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tirana 62, Windhoek 52: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tirana 64, Windhoek 14: Tirana leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Tirana 40, Windhoek 30: Tirana leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Tirana 54, Windhoek 22: Tirana leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Tirana 32, Windhoek 30: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Tirana 76, Windhoek 62: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tirana 32, Windhoek 18: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tirana 27, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tirana and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTiranaWindhoek
Official languageAlbanianEnglish
CurrencyLek (ALL)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation110 m1,650 m
Main airportTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTiranaWindhoek
City population389,323486,169
People per km²9,31495
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.