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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Baku or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Los Angeles 25: Baku leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Los Angeles 24: Baku leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuLos Angeles
City population2,300,5003,898,747
People per km²1,0752,994
Museums within 10 km5039
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.