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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Baku or Bergen?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Bergen for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Bergen’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 40, Bergen 20: Baku leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Bergen 47: Baku leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Bergen 55: Baku leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Bergen 40: Baku leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Bergen 88: Bergen leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Bergen 38: Baku leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Bergen 60: Bergen leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Bergen 33: Baku leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Bergen 12: Baku leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Bergen 32: Bergen leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Bergen.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Bergen
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
15 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuBergen

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuBergen
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation-28 m5 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuBergen
City population2,300,500291,189
People per km²1,0753,339
Museums within 10 km5031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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). 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.