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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Mombasa 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz and Mombasa are level on 74.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Mombasa 45: Biarritz leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Mombasa 45: Biarritz leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Mombasa 30: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Mombasa 35: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Mombasa 22: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzMombasa
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation0 m50 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzMombasa
City population26,2061,208,333
People per km²2,2404,100
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.