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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Baku or Pisa?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Pisa 55: Baku leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Pisa 40: Baku leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Pisa 38: Baku leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Pisa 55: Baku leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Pisa 38: Baku leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Pisa.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuPisa

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

Before you go

MeasureBakuPisa
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageItalian
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m4 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuPisa
City population2,300,50088,737
People per km²1,075479
Museums within 10 km5027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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.