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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Baku or Stuttgart?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Baku leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Stuttgart 58: Baku leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Baku and Stuttgart are level on 62.
Nightlife. Baku and Stuttgart are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Stuttgart 40: Baku leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuStuttgart
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuStuttgart
City population2,300,500609,365
People per km²1,0752,938
Museums within 10 km5042
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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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.