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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Las Vegas?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Baku leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Las Vegas 25: Baku leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Las Vegas 25: Baku leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Las Vegas 25: Baku leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Las Vegas 38: Baku leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Las Vegas 35: Baku leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Baku
48match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuLas Vegas
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language-
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m610 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuLas Vegas
City population2,300,500641,903
People per km²1,0751,843
Museums within 10 km5021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.