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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Baku or Granada?

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

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Granada for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Baku leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Granada 62: Granada leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Granada 80: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Granada 58: Granada leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Granada 80: Granada leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Granada 76: Granada leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Granada 52: Granada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Granada 68: Granada leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Granada 40: Baku leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Granada 63: Baku leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Granada 58: Granada leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Granada 48: Granada leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Granada.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on shopping and beaches with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 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). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuGranada
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 m693 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuGranada
City population2,300,500233,975
People per km²1,0752,659
Museums within 10 km5020
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). 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.