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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Baku or Da Nang?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Da Nang 38: Baku leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Da Nang 38: Baku leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Da Nang 40: Baku leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Da Nang 20: Baku leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuDa Nang
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageVietnamese
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+7
Emergency number102 or 112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation-28 m19 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureBakuDa Nang
City population2,300,5002,819,900
People per km²1,075238
Museums within 10 km502
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. 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.