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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Baku or Budapest?

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

  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Budapest for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Baku leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Budapest 58: Budapest leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Budapest 68: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Budapest 62: Baku leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 68 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Budapest.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuBudapest

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuBudapest
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageHungarian
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m117 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuBudapest
City population2,300,5001,675,777
People per km²1,0753,191
Museums within 10 km5081
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.