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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ushuaia 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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Ushuaia 3, Windhoek 4: Windhoek leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Ushuaia 40, Windhoek 36: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Ushuaia 22, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Ushuaia 18, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ushuaia 88, Windhoek 52: Ushuaia leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Ushuaia and Windhoek are level on 14.
Good for families. Ushuaia 40, Windhoek 30: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Ushuaia 45, Windhoek 22: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Ushuaia 22, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Ushuaia 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ushuaia 10, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ushuaia 26, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ushuaia and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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UshuaiaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUshuaiaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation23 m1,650 m
Main airportUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureUshuaiaWindhoek
City population82,615486,169
People per km²3,59295
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.