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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Baku or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Baku leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, The Hague 48: Baku leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, The Hague 38: Baku leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, The Hague 35: Baku leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and The Hague.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and families 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuThe Hague
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuThe Hague
City population2,300,500548,320
People per km²1,0755,589
Museums within 10 km5054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.