VacationSelector
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baku or Savannah?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Savannah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Savannah 58: Baku leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Savannah 48: Savannah leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Baku and Savannah are level on 58.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Savannah 42: Baku leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Savannah 35: Baku leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Savannah 40: Baku leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 10 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Savannah.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

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

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200JFMAMJJASOND
BakuSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuSavannah
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language-
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m15 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuSavannah
City population2,300,500147,780
People per km²1,075524
Museums within 10 km5019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Baku or Savannah somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.