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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Lisbon?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Biarritz and Lisbon are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzLisbon

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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzLisbon
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m100 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzLisbon
City population26,206545,796
People per km²2,2405,453
Museums within 10 km880
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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. 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.