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The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Biarritz or Warsaw?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Biarritz leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Biarritz 62, Warsaw 60: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Biarritz 33, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Biarritz 36, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Biarritz 74, Warsaw 47: Biarritz leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Biarritz 80, Warsaw 52: Biarritz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Biarritz and Warsaw are level on 62.
Getting around. Biarritz 58, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Biarritz 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Biarritz 30, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Biarritz 38, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Biarritz 64, Warsaw 35: Biarritz leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Biarritz and Warsaw.

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 beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BiarritzWarsaw

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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBiarritzWarsaw
Official languageFrenchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m118 m
Main airportBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBiarritzWarsaw
City population26,2061,862,402
People per km²2,2403,601
Museums within 10 km8117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.