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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Valletta?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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 and Valletta are level on 68.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Valletta 55: Biarritz leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Valletta 56: Biarritz leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Valletta 76: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Biarritz 62, Valletta 58: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Valletta 38: Biarritz leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Valletta 32: Biarritz leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Biarritz
54match

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

Valletta
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzValletta

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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzValletta
City population26,2065,197
People per km²2,2406,496
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months6 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.