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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Biarritz or La Spezia?

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

  • wellness
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, La Spezia 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, La Spezia 28: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, La Spezia 48: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, La Spezia 35: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, La Spezia 28: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, La Spezia 32: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzLa Spezia
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzLa Spezia
City population26,20692,119
People per km²2,2401,792
Museums within 10 km812
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.