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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Havana?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Havana for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Havana 40: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Havana 77: Havana leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Havana 60: Havana leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Havana 34: Biarritz leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Havana 38: Biarritz leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Havana 34: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Havana 38: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Havana 30: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Havana 58: Havana leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Havana 74: Havana leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Havana 22: Biarritz leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Havana.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Havana 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.

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). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzHavana
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation0 m59 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzHavana
City population26,2062,492,618
People per km²2,2403,423
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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.