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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Biarritz or Frankfurt?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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, Frankfurt 8: Biarritz leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Frankfurt 52: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Frankfurt 60: Frankfurt leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Frankfurt 58: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Biarritz and Frankfurt are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Frankfurt 38: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Frankfurt 52: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Frankfurt.

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 beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzFrankfurt
Official languageFrenchGerman
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 m101 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzFrankfurt
City population26,206760,656
People per km²2,2403,063
Museums within 10 km853
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.