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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Mexico City?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Biarritz leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Mexico City 50: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Mexico City 75: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Mexico City 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Mexico City 50: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzMexico City

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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzMexico City
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2,240 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzMexico City
City population26,2069,209,944
People per km²2,2406,202
Museums within 10 km8108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
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.