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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Biarritz or Florianopolis?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Florianopolis 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz and Florianopolis are level on 33.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Florianopolis 50: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Florianopolis 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Florianopolis 28: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Florianopolis 33: Biarritz leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Florianopolis 28: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Florianopolis 45: Biarritz leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Florianopolis.

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 day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzFlorianopolis

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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzFlorianopolis
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzFlorianopolis
City population26,206587,486
People per km²2,240870
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months7 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.