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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Windhoek or Xi'an?

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 Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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. Windhoek and Xi'an are level on 4.
Food & drink. Windhoek 36, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Windhoek 30, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Windhoek 25, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Windhoek 52, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Windhoek 14, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Windhoek 30, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Windhoek 22, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Windhoek 30, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Windhoek 62, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Windhoek 18, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Windhoek 30, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Windhoek and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Windhoek in July

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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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WindhoekXi'an

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWindhoekXi'an
Official languageEnglishPutonghua
CurrencyNamibia Dollar (NAD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsM220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation1,650 m405 m
Main airportHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureWindhoekXi'an
City population486,16912,952,907
People per km²951,283
Museums within 10 km59
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.