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Gastown, Vancouver
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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Vancouver 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 Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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. Vancouver 42, Windhoek 4: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Vancouver 72, Windhoek 36: Vancouver leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Vancouver 42, Windhoek 30: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Vancouver 42, Windhoek 25: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vancouver 97, Windhoek 52: Vancouver leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Vancouver 45, Windhoek 14: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Vancouver 72, Windhoek 30: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Vancouver 73, Windhoek 22: Vancouver leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Vancouver 55, Windhoek 30: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Vancouver 27, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vancouver 52, Windhoek 18: Vancouver leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vancouver 50, Windhoek 30: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vancouver and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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.

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVancouverWindhoek
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m1,650 m
Main airportVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVancouverWindhoek
City population662,248486,169
People per km²5,75995
Museums within 10 km265
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.