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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Tallinn?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Biarritz leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Tallinn 52: Biarritz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Tallinn 55: Biarritz leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Tallinn 58: Biarritz leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Tallinn 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Tallinn 40: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Tallinn 50: Biarritz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzTallinn
Official languageFrenchEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m28 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzTallinn
City population26,206457,572
People per km²2,2402,871
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.