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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Bordeaux or Samarkand?

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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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. Bordeaux 50, Samarkand 4: Bordeaux leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Samarkand 54: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Samarkand 14: Bordeaux leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Samarkand 40: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Samarkand 72: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Samarkand 30: Bordeaux leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Samarkand 58: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Samarkand 42: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Samarkand 24: Bordeaux leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Samarkand 32: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxSamarkand
Official languageFrenchUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m702 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxSamarkand
City population267,991546,303
People per km²5,4255,058
Museums within 10 km1811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.