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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Faro?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Faro for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Faro 48: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Faro 35: Faro leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Faro 32: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Faro 62: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Faro 64: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Faro 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Faro 60: Faro leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Faro 35: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Faro 60: Faro leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Faro 30: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Faro 33: Biarritz leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Faro.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Faro
49match

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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzFaro

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). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzFaro
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzFaro
City population26,20664,560
People per km²2,240319
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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.