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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Baku for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Amsterdam 25, Baku 40: Baku leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Baku 60: Baku leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Baku 62: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Baku 42: Amsterdam leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Baku 30: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Baku 45: Amsterdam leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Baku 45: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Baku 58: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Baku 48: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Baku 64: Baku leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Baku 52: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Baku 30: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Baku.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBaku
Official languageDutchAzerbaijani, 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
Elevation-2 m-28 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBaku
City population921,4682,300,500
People per km²4,2081,075
Museums within 10 km10150
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.