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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Biarritz or Tokyo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Tokyo 68: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Biarritz
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzTokyo

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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzTokyo
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzTokyo
City population26,20614,264,798
People per km²2,2406,501
Museums within 10 km8192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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.