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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Manila?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Biarritz leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Manila 64: Manila leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Manila 54: Manila leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Manila 64: Manila leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Manila 40: Biarritz leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Manila 42: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Manila 42: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Manila 26: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Manila 60: Manila leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Manila 77: Manila leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Manila 50: Manila leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Manila 40: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Manila.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on prices 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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzManila

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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzManila
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m9 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzManila
City population26,2061,902,590
People per km²2,24076,104
Museums within 10 km827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 months

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. 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.