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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Seville?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Biarritz leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Seville 73: Seville leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Seville 82: Seville leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Seville 62: Seville leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Seville 52: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Biarritz and Seville are level on 80.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Seville 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Seville 72: Seville leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Seville 58: Seville leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Seville 68: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzSeville

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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzSeville
Official languageFrenchSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzSeville
City population26,206689,423
People per km²2,2404,896
Museums within 10 km824
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.