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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Dubrovnik?

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

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Dubrovnik 47: Biarritz leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Dubrovnik 37: Dubrovnik leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Dubrovnik 70: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Dubrovnik 66: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Dubrovnik 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Dubrovnik 25: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Dubrovnik 28: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Dubrovnik 25: Biarritz leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Dubrovnik 32: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzDubrovnik
Official languageFrenchCroatian
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 m10 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzDubrovnik
City population26,20641,562
People per km²2,240-
Museums within 10 km87
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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.