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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Baku or Lisbon?

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

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Lisbon 55: Baku leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuLisbon
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguagePortuguese
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m100 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuLisbon
City population2,300,500545,796
People per km²1,0755,453
Museums within 10 km5080
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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.