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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Bordeaux?

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

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Bordeaux 58: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Bordeaux 57: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Bordeaux 42: Baku leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Bordeaux 55: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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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BakuBordeaux

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuBordeaux
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageFrench
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m1 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuBordeaux
City population2,300,500267,991
People per km²1,0755,425
Museums within 10 km5018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.