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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

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

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

Choose Biarritz for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Berlin 38, Biarritz 68: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Biarritz 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Biarritz 33: Berlin leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Biarritz 36: Berlin leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Biarritz 74: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Biarritz 80: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Biarritz 62: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Biarritz 58: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Biarritz 42: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Biarritz 30: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Biarritz 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Biarritz 64: Biarritz leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Biarritz.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Biarritz
54match

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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BerlinBiarritz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinBiarritz
Official languageGermanFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m0 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinBiarritz
City population3,700,57726,206
People per km²4,1532,240
Museums within 10 km1578
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.