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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Windhoek or York?

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

  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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 4, York 14: York leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Windhoek 36, York 42: York leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Windhoek 30, York 70: York leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Windhoek 25, York 36: York leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Windhoek 52, York 62: York leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Windhoek 14, York 80: York leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Windhoek 30, York 60: York leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Windhoek 22, York 72: York leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Windhoek 30, York 46: York leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Windhoek 62, York 38: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Windhoek 18, York 38: York leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Windhoek 30, York 34: York leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Windhoek and York.

Your match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWindhoekYork
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyNamibia Dollar (NAD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsM220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+2UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation1,650 m25 m
Main airportHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureWindhoekYork
City population486,169208,400
People per km²95766
Museums within 10 km524
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.