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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Orlando?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Biarritz leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Orlando 48: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Orlando 22: Biarritz leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Orlando 46: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Orlando 58: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Orlando 8: Biarritz leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Orlando 32: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Orlando.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzOrlando

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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzOrlando
City population26,206334,854
People per km²2,2401,086
Museums within 10 km811
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. 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.