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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Chengdu?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Biarritz leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Chengdu 68: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Biarritz and Chengdu are level on 80.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Chengdu 58: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzChengdu
Official languageFrenchPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation0 m500 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzChengdu
City population26,20620,937,757
People per km²2,2401,456
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.