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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Biarritz leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Oaxaca 62: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Oaxaca 65: Biarritz leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Oaxaca 40: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Oaxaca 55: Biarritz leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz and Oaxaca are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Oaxaca 50: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Biarritz
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Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
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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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzOaxaca

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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzOaxaca
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1,555 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzOaxaca
City population26,206258,913
People per km²2,2403,028
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.