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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Biarritz for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

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. Austin 30, Biarritz 68: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Biarritz 62: Austin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Biarritz 33: Austin leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Biarritz 36: Austin leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Biarritz 74: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Biarritz 80: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Biarritz 58: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Biarritz 42: Austin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Biarritz 30: Austin leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Biarritz 38: Austin leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Biarritz 64: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Biarritz.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AustinBiarritz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBiarritz
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m0 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBiarritz
City population961,85526,206
People per km²1,2172,240
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.