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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Biarritz or Victoria?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Victoria for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Biarritz leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Victoria 50: Biarritz leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Victoria 30: Biarritz leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Victoria 54: Biarritz leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Biarritz and Victoria are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Victoria 40: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Victoria 48: Biarritz leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Victoria.

Your match

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

Biarritz
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzVictoria
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzVictoria
City population26,20691,867
People per km²2,2404,711
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.