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The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Victoria 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 Victoria for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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. Victoria 28, Windhoek 4: Victoria leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Victoria 50, Windhoek 36: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Victoria 42, Windhoek 30: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Victoria 30, Windhoek 25: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Victoria 77, Windhoek 52: Victoria leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Victoria 54, Windhoek 14: Victoria leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Victoria 62, Windhoek 30: Victoria leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Victoria 60, Windhoek 22: Victoria leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Victoria 40, Windhoek 30: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Victoria 34, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Victoria 40, Windhoek 18: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Victoria 48, Windhoek 30: Victoria leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Victoria and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °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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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVictoriaWindhoek
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
Elevation23 m1,650 m
Main airportVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVictoriaWindhoek
City population91,867486,169
People per km²4,71195
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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.