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Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Warsaw 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 Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’s own page.

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Warsaw 12, Windhoek 4: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Warsaw 60, Windhoek 36: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Warsaw 70, Windhoek 30: Warsaw leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Warsaw 66, Windhoek 25: Warsaw leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Warsaw 47, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Warsaw 52, Windhoek 14: Warsaw leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Warsaw 62, Windhoek 30: Warsaw leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Warsaw 72, Windhoek 22: Warsaw leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Warsaw 55, Windhoek 30: Warsaw leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Warsaw 64, Windhoek 62: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Warsaw 63, Windhoek 18: Warsaw leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Warsaw 35, Windhoek 30: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Warsaw and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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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WarsawWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWarsawWindhoek
Official languagePolishEnglish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation118 m1,650 m
Main airportWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureWarsawWindhoek
City population1,862,402486,169
People per km²3,60195
Museums within 10 km1175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.