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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Hamburg?

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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Biarritz leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Hamburg 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Hamburg 52: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Hamburg 70: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Hamburg 38: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Hamburg 44: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzHamburg

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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzHamburg
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 m6 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzHamburg
City population26,2061,869,473
People per km²2,2402,476
Museums within 10 km877
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.