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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Miami Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz and Miami Beach are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Miami Beach 52: Miami Beach leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Miami Beach 52: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Miami Beach 55: Biarritz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Miami Beach 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz and Miami Beach are level on 58.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Miami Beach 20: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Miami Beach 48: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzMiami Beach

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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzMiami Beach
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzMiami Beach
City population26,20682,890
People per km²2,2402,109
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.