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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Bologna?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Bologna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Bologna 77: Bologna leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Bologna 52: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Bologna 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Bologna 48: Bologna leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Bologna 40: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Bologna.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzBologna
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m54 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzBologna
City population26,206387,971
People per km²2,2402,754
Museums within 10 km868
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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. 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.