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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Baku or Scottsdale?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Baku leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Scottsdale 46: Baku leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Scottsdale 38: Baku leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Scottsdale 20: Baku leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Scottsdale 32: Baku leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Scottsdale 40: Baku leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Baku
48match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness 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
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuScottsdale
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language-
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-7
Emergency number102 or 112911
Elevation-28 m380 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuScottsdale
City population2,300,500241,361
People per km²1,075-
Museums within 10 km5010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.