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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Baku for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Austin 30, Baku 40: Baku leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Baku 60: Austin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Baku 62: Baku leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Baku 42: Austin leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Baku 30: Austin leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Baku 45: Austin leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Baku 45: Austin leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Baku 58: Baku leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Baku 48: Baku leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Baku 64: Baku leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Baku 52: Austin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Baku 30: Austin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Baku.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Austin
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Baku
48match

Wins on prices 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBaku
Official language-Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number911102 or 112
Elevation149 m-28 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBaku
City population961,8552,300,500
People per km²1,2171,075
Museums within 10 km2150
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.