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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or New York?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose New York for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, New York 92: New York leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, New York 89: New York leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, New York 97: New York leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, New York 55: Biarritz leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, New York 68: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, New York 70: New York leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, New York 82: New York leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, New York 97: New York leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, New York 12: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, New York 99: New York leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, New York 42: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and New York.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzNew York

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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzNew York
City population26,2068,804,190
People per km²2,2407,256
Museums within 10 km8157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months3 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.