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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Rovinj?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Rovinj 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Rovinj 25: Biarritz leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Rovinj 60: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Rovinj 68: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Rovinj 52: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Rovinj 55: Biarritz leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Rovinj 28: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Rovinj 15: Biarritz leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Rovinj 42: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

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

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 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

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzRovinj
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzRovinj
City population26,20612,968
People per km²2,240-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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.