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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Baku or Cairo?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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, Cairo 10: Baku leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Baku and Cairo are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Cairo 48: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku and Cairo are level on 30.
Day trips. Baku 45, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Cairo 32: Baku leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Cairo 35: Baku leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Cairo 50: Baku leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Cairo 15: Baku leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Cairo.

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 beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuCairo
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageArabic
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation-28 m23 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuCairo
City population2,300,5009,801,536
People per km²1,07518,564
Museums within 10 km5048
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. 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. 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.