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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Nairobi?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Biarritz leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Nairobi 48: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Nairobi 28: Biarritz leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Nairobi 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Nairobi 20: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Nairobi 35: Biarritz leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Nairobi 25: Biarritz leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzNairobi

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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzNairobi
City population26,2065,545,000
People per km²2,2407,967
Museums within 10 km84
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.