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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Bodrum?

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 Biarritz for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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. Biarritz 68, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Bodrum 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Bodrum 45: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Bodrum 65: Bodrum leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Bodrum 60: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Bodrum 72: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Bodrum 66: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Bodrum 42: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Bodrum 45: Bodrum leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Bodrum 38: Bodrum leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Bodrum 32: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Bodrum 52: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Bodrum.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bodrum
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzBodrum
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzBodrum
City population26,206175,000
People per km²2,240314
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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). 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. 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.