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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Fort San Pedro in Cebu City, Cebu
CebuFort San Pedro in Cebu City

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cebu by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Cebu?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Cebu for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cebu’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, Cebu 60: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Cebu 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Cebu 40: Cebu leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Cebu 46: Cebu leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Cebu 60: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Cebu 44: Biarritz leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Cebu 45: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Cebu 26: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Cebu 44: Cebu leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Cebu 80: Cebu leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Cebu 25: Biarritz leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Cebu 50: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Cebu.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Cebu
48match

Wins on prices 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

Cebu in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzCebu

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). Cebu: 1991-2020 normals, Mactan (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzCebu
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m135 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMactan Cebu International Airport (CEB)9 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzCebu
City population26,206965,332
People per km²2,2403,065
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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.