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Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

West Palm 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 West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm 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. West Palm Beach 80, Windhoek 4: West Palm Beach leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. West Palm Beach 52, Windhoek 36: West Palm Beach leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. West Palm Beach 42, Windhoek 30: West Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. West Palm Beach 36, Windhoek 25: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. West Palm Beach 58, Windhoek 52: West Palm Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. West Palm Beach 55, Windhoek 14: West Palm Beach leads by 41 points.
Good for families. West Palm Beach 66, Windhoek 30: West Palm Beach leads by 36 points.
Getting around. West Palm Beach 38, Windhoek 22: West Palm Beach leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. West Palm Beach 64, Windhoek 30: West Palm Beach leads by 34 points.
Affordability. West Palm Beach 23, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. West Palm Beach 47, Windhoek 18: West Palm Beach leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. West Palm Beach 44, Windhoek 30: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: West Palm Beach and Windhoek.

Your match

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

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

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.

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °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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West Palm BeachWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWest Palm 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
Elevation6 m1,650 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureWest Palm BeachWindhoek
City population117,415486,169
People per km²78695
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.