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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

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

Baku or Toledo?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Baku leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Toledo 40: Baku leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Toledo 22: Baku leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Baku and Toledo are level on 45.
Getting around. Baku 58, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Toledo 32: Baku leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Toledo 58: Baku leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Toledo 22: Baku leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku and Toledo are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Toledo.

Your match

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

Baku
Best match
48match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuToledo
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuToledo
City population2,300,50087,216
People per km²1,075376
Museums within 10 km5013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.