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The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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. Virginia Beach 77, Windhoek 4: Virginia Beach leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Virginia Beach 42, Windhoek 36: Virginia Beach leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Virginia Beach and Windhoek are level on 30.
Nightlife. Virginia Beach 37, Windhoek 25: Virginia Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Virginia Beach 56, Windhoek 52: Virginia Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Virginia Beach 64, Windhoek 14: Virginia Beach leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Virginia Beach 75, Windhoek 30: Virginia Beach leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Virginia Beach 27, Windhoek 22: Virginia Beach leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Virginia Beach 32, Windhoek 30: Virginia Beach leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Virginia Beach 40, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Virginia Beach 38, Windhoek 18: Virginia Beach leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Virginia Beach 32, Windhoek 30: Virginia Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Virginia Beach and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Virginia Beach
Best match
46match

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.

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Virginia BeachWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVirginia BeachWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation7 m1,650 m
Main airportNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVirginia BeachWindhoek
City population459,470486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.