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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Windhoek or Zadar?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Windhoek 36, Zadar 45: Zadar leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Windhoek 30, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Windhoek 25, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Windhoek 52, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Windhoek 14, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Windhoek 30, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Windhoek 22, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Windhoek 30, Zadar 27: Windhoek leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Windhoek 62, Zadar 52: Windhoek leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Windhoek 18, Zadar 28: Zadar leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Windhoek 30, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Windhoek and Zadar.

Your match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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 seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureWindhoekZadar
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyNamibia Dollar (NAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsM220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,650 m5 m
Main airportHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureWindhoekZadar
City population486,16970,779
People per km²95-
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.