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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Manaus 56: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Manaus 12: Biarritz leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Manaus 35: Biarritz leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Manaus 27: Biarritz leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Manaus 36: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Manaus 20: Biarritz leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Manaus.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzManaus
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m92 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzManaus
City population26,2062,303,732
People per km²2,240202
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.