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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Brisbane?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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, Brisbane 55: Biarritz leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Brisbane 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Brisbane 42: Brisbane leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz and Brisbane are level on 74.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Brisbane 50: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Brisbane 62: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Brisbane 33: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Brisbane 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 Brisbane.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Biarritz
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Brisbane
54match

Wins on nightlife 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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzBrisbane
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzBrisbane
City population26,2062,706,966
People per km²2,240171
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months9 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.