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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Seattle?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Biarritz leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Seattle 55: Biarritz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Seattle 22: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzSeattle
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m40 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzSeattle
City population26,206737,015
People per km²2,2401,996
Museums within 10 km827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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.