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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Baku or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Macau for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Baku leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Macau 77: Macau leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Baku and Macau are level on 62.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Macau 40: Baku leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Macau 5: Baku leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Macau 52: Macau leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Macau 48: Macau leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Macau 60: Macau leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Macau 58: Macau leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Macau 44: Baku leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Macau 36: Baku leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Macau 40: Macau leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Macau.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Baku
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuMacau

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuMacau
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+8
Emergency number102 or 112999
Elevation-28 m22 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureBakuMacau
City population2,300,500682,100
People per km²1,0755,916
Museums within 10 km5028
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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. 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.