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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Rome?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rome for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Rome 82: Rome leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Rome 99: Rome leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Rome 58: Rome leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Rome 58: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Rome 92: Rome leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Rome 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Rome 60: Rome leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Rome 72: Rome leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Rome 38: Rome leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Rome 68: Rome leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Rome 40: Biarritz leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Rome.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

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). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzRome
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m21 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzRome
City population26,2062,748,109
People per km²2,2402,135
Museums within 10 km8178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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.