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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Biarritz or Granada?

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
  • families

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

Choose Granada for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz and Granada are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Granada 80: Granada leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Granada 58: Granada leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Granada 80: Granada leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Granada 76: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Granada 52: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Granada 68: Granada leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Granada 40: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Granada 63: Granada leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Granada 58: Granada leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Granada 48: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Granada.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzGranada

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). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzGranada
Official languageFrenchSpanish
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 m693 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzGranada
City population26,206233,975
People per km²2,2402,659
Museums within 10 km820
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.