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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Mendoza?

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
  • families

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Biarritz leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Mendoza 30: Biarritz leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Mendoza 52: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Mendoza 42: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Mendoza 48: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Mendoza 33: Biarritz leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Mendoza 33: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Mendoza 55: Biarritz leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Mendoza.

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.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzMendoza

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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzMendoza
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation0 m769 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzMendoza
City population26,206127,160
People per km²2,2402,355
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.