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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Baku or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Valencia 57: Baku leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Valencia.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BakuValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuValencia
City population2,300,500840,792
People per km²1,0756,242
Museums within 10 km5045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.