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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Baku or Munich?

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 Munich for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Baku leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Munich 62: Munich leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Munich 79: Munich leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Munich 56: Munich leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Munich 82: Munich leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Munich 86: Munich leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Munich 78: Munich leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Munich 86: Munich leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Munich 72: Munich leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Munich 32: Baku leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Munich 84: Munich leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Munich 62: Munich leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Munich.

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.

Munich
Best match
67match

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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuMunich
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageGerman
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m519 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuMunich
City population2,300,5001,505,036
People per km²1,0754,844
Museums within 10 km5074
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.