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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Cordoba?

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 Cordoba for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Biarritz leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz and Cordoba are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Cordoba 45: Biarritz leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Cordoba 40: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Cordoba 38: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Cordoba 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 Cordoba.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Biarritz
54match

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

Cordoba
52match

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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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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). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzCordoba
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 m120 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzCordoba
City population26,206323,262
People per km²2,240258
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.