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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Perth?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Perth 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Perth 42: Perth leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Perth 42: Perth leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Perth 72: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Perth 48: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Perth 74: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Perth 55: Biarritz leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Perth 44: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Perth 28: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Perth 50: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Perth 38: Biarritz leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzPerth

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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzPerth
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzPerth
City population26,2062,141,834
People per km²2,240334
Museums within 10 km815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.