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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baku or Calgary?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’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, Calgary 8: Baku leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Calgary 45: Baku leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Calgary 35: Baku leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Calgary 40: Baku leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Calgary 88: Calgary leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Calgary 55: Calgary leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Calgary 68: Calgary leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Calgary 42: Baku leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Calgary 42: Baku leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Calgary 42: Baku leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Calgary 46: Baku leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Calgary.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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). Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuCalgary
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageFrench, English
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m1,045 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuCalgary
City population2,300,5001,306,784
People per km²1,0751,583
Museums within 10 km5013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.