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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Da Nang?

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

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Da Nang 72: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Biarritz and Da Nang are level on 80.
Good for families. Biarritz and Da Nang are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Da Nang 38: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Da Nang 40: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Da Nang 20: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz and Da Nang are level on 64.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzDa Nang
Official languageFrenchVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation0 m19 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzDa Nang
City population26,2062,819,900
People per km²2,240238
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.