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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Baku or London?

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

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Baku leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, London 84: London leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, London 94: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, London 88: London leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, London 57: London leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, London 90: London leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, London 82: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, London 85: London leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, London 95: London leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, London 15: Baku leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, London 98: London leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, London 40: London leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and London.

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.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuLondon
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageEnglish
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112 or 999
Elevation-28 m4 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuLondon
City population2,300,5008,799,728
People per km²1,0755,598
Museums within 10 km50216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. 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.