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The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tunis 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 Tunis for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Tunis 60, Windhoek 4: Tunis leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Tunis 60, Windhoek 36: Tunis leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Tunis 76, Windhoek 30: Tunis leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Tunis 33, Windhoek 25: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tunis 45, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Tunis 77, Windhoek 14: Tunis leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Tunis 38, Windhoek 30: Tunis leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Tunis 48, Windhoek 22: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Tunis 50, Windhoek 30: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tunis 86, Windhoek 62: Tunis leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tunis 38, Windhoek 18: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tunis 58, Windhoek 30: Tunis leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tunis and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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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TunisWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTunisWindhoek
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyTunisian Dinar (TND)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 197, ambulance 190, fire 198112
Elevation4 m1,650 m
Main airportTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTunisWindhoek
City population602,560486,169
People per km²2,83495
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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.