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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Biarritz or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Biarritz leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Biarritz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzSt. Petersburg, Florida

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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzSt. Petersburg, Florida
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 m134 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population26,206258,308
People per km²2,240725
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months8 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. 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.