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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Biarritz?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Biarritz for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Biarritz’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. Acapulco 80, Biarritz 68: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Biarritz 33: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Biarritz 36: Acapulco leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Biarritz 74: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Biarritz 80: Biarritz leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Biarritz 58: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Biarritz 42: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Biarritz 30: Acapulco leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Biarritz 38: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Biarritz 64: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Biarritz.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Biarritz in July

24 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
97 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoBiarritz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBiarritz
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m0 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBiarritz
City population658,60926,206
People per km²3502,240
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.