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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Baku leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Portland 68: Portland leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Portland 38: Baku leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Portland 52: Portland leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Portland 84: Portland leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Portland 58: Portland leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Portland 55: Portland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Portland 62: Portland leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Portland 52: Portland leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Portland 38: Baku leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Portland 55: Portland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Portland 42: Portland leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Portland.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

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
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuPortland
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language-
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m152 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuPortland
City population2,300,500652,503
People per km²1,0751,736
Museums within 10 km5017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.