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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Gdansk?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Gdansk 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Gdansk 58: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Gdansk 62: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Biarritz and Gdansk are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz and Gdansk are level on 42.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Gdansk 36: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Gdansk.

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.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on prices 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzGdansk
Official languageFrenchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzGdansk
City population26,206487,834
People per km²2,240714
Museums within 10 km834
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.