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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Toronto 34, Windhoek 4: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Windhoek 36: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Windhoek 30: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Windhoek 25: Toronto leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto and Windhoek are level on 52.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Windhoek 14: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Windhoek 30: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Windhoek 22: Toronto leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Windhoek 30: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Windhoek 18: Toronto leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Windhoek 30: Toronto leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
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. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoWindhoek
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m1,650 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoWindhoek
City population2,794,356486,169
People per km²4,43495
Museums within 10 km325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.