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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License.

Alicante or Baku?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Baku for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Baku’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. Alicante 82, Baku 40: Alicante leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Baku 60: Alicante leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Baku 62: Baku leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Baku 42: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Baku 30: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Baku 45: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Baku 45: Alicante leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Baku 58: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Baku 48: Baku leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Baku 64: Baku leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Baku 52: Baku leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Baku 30: Alicante leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Baku.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Baku
48match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBaku

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBaku
Official languageSpanishAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112102 or 112
Elevation3 m-28 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBaku
City population366,2212,300,500
People per km²1,8191,075
Museums within 10 km850
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.