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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Baku or Nairobi?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Baku leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Nairobi 48: Baku leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Nairobi 35: Baku leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Nairobi 28: Baku leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Nairobi 20: Baku leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Nairobi 45: Baku leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Nairobi 60: Baku leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Nairobi 35: Baku leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Nairobi 25: Baku leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Baku
Best match
48match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuNairobi
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+3
Emergency number102 or 112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation-28 m1,661 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuNairobi
City population2,300,5005,545,000
People per km²1,0757,967
Museums within 10 km504
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.