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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Baku or Hamburg?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Baku leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Hamburg 55: Baku leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Baku and Hamburg are level on 62.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Hamburg 52: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Hamburg 38: Baku leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife 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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuHamburg
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuHamburg
City population2,300,5001,869,473
People per km²1,0752,476
Museums within 10 km5077
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.