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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Tampa 57: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Tampa 55: Biarritz leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Tampa 54: Biarritz leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Tampa 22: Biarritz leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Tampa 40: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Tampa 30: Biarritz leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Tampa.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on nightlife and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzTampa
City population26,206384,959
People per km²2,240848
Museums within 10 km86
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.