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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Krakow?

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 Krakow for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Biarritz leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Krakow 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Krakow 62: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Krakow 76: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Krakow 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Krakow 36: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Krakow.

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.

Krakow
Best match
58match

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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzKrakow

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). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzKrakow
Official languageFrenchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m219 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzKrakow
City population26,206804,237
People per km²2,2402,459
Museums within 10 km8113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. 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.