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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Cordoba?

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
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Baku leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Cordoba 62: Cordoba leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Cordoba 40: Baku leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Cordoba 45: Cordoba leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Cordoba 40: Baku leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Cordoba 38: Baku leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Cordoba 63: Baku leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Cordoba 47: Baku leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuCordoba
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageSpanish
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m120 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuCordoba
City population2,300,500323,262
People per km²1,075258
Museums within 10 km5016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.