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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Dublin?

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 Dublin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Biarritz leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Dublin 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Dublin 70: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Dublin 72: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Dublin 57: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Dublin 20: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Dublin 25: Biarritz leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Dublin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzDublin
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m20 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzDublin
City population26,206592,713
People per km²2,2405,154
Museums within 10 km840
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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.