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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Baku or Paris?

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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Baku leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Paris 96: Paris leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Paris 97: Paris leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Paris 80: Paris leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Paris 52: Paris leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Paris 92: Paris leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Paris 79: Paris leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Paris 88: Paris leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Paris 98: Paris leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Paris 25: Baku leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Paris 88: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Paris 40: Paris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping 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
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuParis
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageFrench
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m27 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuParis
City population2,300,5002,103,778
People per km²1,07519,960
Museums within 10 km50251
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. 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.