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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Mumbai?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Biarritz leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Mumbai 55: Biarritz leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Mumbai 48: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Mumbai 35: Biarritz leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Mumbai 38: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Mumbai 24: Biarritz leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Mumbai.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzMumbai

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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzMumbai
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation0 m14 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzMumbai
City population26,20615,414,288
People per km²2,24025,563
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.