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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Baku or Warsaw?

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

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Baku leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Baku and Warsaw are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Baku and Warsaw are level on 64.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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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BakuWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuWarsaw
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguagePolish
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number102 or 112112
Elevation-28 m118 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBakuWarsaw
City population2,300,5001,862,402
People per km²1,0753,601
Museums within 10 km50117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.