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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Boston?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Boston for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Boston’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, Boston 35: Biarritz leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Boston 64: Boston leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Boston 72: Boston leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Boston 47: Boston leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Boston 60: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Boston 72: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Boston 72: Boston leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Boston 70: Boston leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Boston 55: Boston leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Boston 18: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Boston 72: Boston leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Boston 30: Biarritz leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Boston.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Boston
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzBoston

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). Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzBoston
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m43 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzBoston
City population26,206675,647
People per km²2,2402,910
Museums within 10 km851
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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.