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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valencia 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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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. Valencia 78, Windhoek 4: Valencia leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Windhoek 36: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Windhoek 30: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Windhoek 25: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Windhoek 52: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Windhoek 14: Valencia leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Windhoek 30: Valencia leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Windhoek 22: Valencia leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Windhoek 30: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Windhoek 18: Valencia leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Windhoek 30: Valencia leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m1,650 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaWindhoek
City population840,792486,169
People per km²6,24295
Museums within 10 km455
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.