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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Biarritz or Cadiz?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Cadiz for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Cadiz 62: Cadiz leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Cadiz 45: Cadiz leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Cadiz 66: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Biarritz and Cadiz are level on 80.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Cadiz 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Cadiz 35: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Cadiz 52: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Cadiz 42: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzCadiz

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). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzCadiz
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzCadiz
City population26,206109,950
People per km²2,2409,087
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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.