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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Ljubljana?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Biarritz leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Ljubljana 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Ljubljana 78: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Ljubljana 54: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Ljubljana 33: Biarritz leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Ljubljana 42: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzLjubljana
Official languageFrenchSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m309 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzLjubljana
City population26,206284,293
People per km²2,2401,736
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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.