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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Savannah?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Biarritz leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Savannah 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Savannah 48: Biarritz leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Savannah 60: Biarritz leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Savannah 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Biarritz and Savannah are level on 58.
Shopping & style. Biarritz and Savannah are level on 42.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Savannah 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 Savannah.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzSavannah

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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzSavannah
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 m15 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzSavannah
City population26,206147,780
People per km²2,240524
Museums within 10 km819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.