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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Izmir?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Izmir 66: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Izmir 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Izmir 57: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Izmir.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzIzmir

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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzIzmir
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzIzmir
City population26,2064,493,242
People per km²2,2404,760
Museums within 10 km829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.