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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Belgrade?

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 Baku for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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. Baku and Belgrade are level on 40.
Food & drink. Baku and Belgrade are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Belgrade 52: Baku leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Baku and Belgrade are level on 45.
Getting around. Baku 58, Belgrade 55: Baku leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Belgrade 42: Baku leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku and Belgrade are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuBelgrade
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageSerbian
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation-28 m117 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuBelgrade
City population2,300,5001,197,714
People per km²1,0753,327
Museums within 10 km5065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.