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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Como?

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
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Como for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’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, Como 36: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Como 45: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Como 52: Como leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Como 22: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Como 82: Como leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Como 87: Como leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Como 47: Biarritz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Como 66: Como leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz and Como are level on 42.
Affordability. Biarritz and Como are level on 30.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Como 34: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Como 44: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Como.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Como
49match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzComo

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). Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzComo
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m201 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzComo
City population26,20683,184
People per km²2,2402,242
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km28
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. 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.