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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Biarritz leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Puerto Iguazu 28: Biarritz leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Puerto Iguazu 9: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Puerto Iguazu 14: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Puerto Iguazu 33: Biarritz leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Puerto Iguazu 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Puerto Iguazu 54: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Puerto Iguazu 17: Biarritz leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Puerto Iguazu 7: Biarritz leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Puerto Iguazu 34: Biarritz leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Puerto Iguazu.

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.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzPuerto Iguazu
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation0 m162 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzPuerto Iguazu
City population26,20654,903
People per km²2,240-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.