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The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Wilmington 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 Wilmington for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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. Wilmington 73, Windhoek 4: Wilmington leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Wilmington 48, Windhoek 36: Wilmington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Wilmington 40, Windhoek 30: Wilmington leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Wilmington 40, Windhoek 25: Wilmington leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Wilmington 58, Windhoek 52: Wilmington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Wilmington 45, Windhoek 14: Wilmington leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Wilmington 62, Windhoek 30: Wilmington leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Wilmington 28, Windhoek 22: Wilmington leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Wilmington 33, Windhoek 30: Wilmington leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Wilmington 42, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Wilmington 40, Windhoek 18: Wilmington leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Wilmington 33, Windhoek 30: Wilmington leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Wilmington and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Wilmington
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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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WilmingtonWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWilmingtonWindhoek
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
Elevation9 m1,650 m
Main airportWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureWilmingtonWindhoek
City population115,451486,169
People per km²83995
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.