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The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Vienna 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 Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. Vienna 27, Windhoek 4: Vienna leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Vienna 68, Windhoek 36: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Vienna 89, Windhoek 30: Vienna leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Vienna 50, Windhoek 25: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Vienna 62, Windhoek 52: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Vienna 74, Windhoek 14: Vienna leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Vienna 77, Windhoek 30: Vienna leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Vienna 90, Windhoek 22: Vienna leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Vienna 62, Windhoek 30: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Vienna 44, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Vienna 96, Windhoek 18: Vienna leads by 78 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Vienna 58, Windhoek 30: Vienna leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Vienna and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureViennaWindhoek
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation151 m1,650 m
Main airportVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureViennaWindhoek
City population2,028,289486,169
People per km²4,89095
Museums within 10 km1525
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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). 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.