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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Baku or Split?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Split for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Split 57: Baku leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Split 52: Split leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Split 77: Split leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Split 78: Split leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Split 54: Split leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Split 67: Split leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Split 32: Baku leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Split 45: Baku leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Split 37: Baku leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Split 40: Split leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Split.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuSplit
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageCroatian
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m0 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuSplit
City population2,300,500160,577
People per km²1,075-
Museums within 10 km5011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.