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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Hiroshima?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Hiroshima 62: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Biarritz and Hiroshima are level on 80.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Hiroshima 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz and Hiroshima are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Hiroshima 50: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Hiroshima.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzHiroshima
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzHiroshima
City population26,2061,198,021
People per km²2,2401,324
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.