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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License.

Bordeaux or Dubai?

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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Dubai for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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. Bordeaux 50, Dubai 80: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Dubai 76: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Dubai 40: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Dubai 62: Dubai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Dubai 25: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Dubai 45: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Dubai 42: Bordeaux leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Dubai 32: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Dubai 40: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Dubai 46: Dubai leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Dubai.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Dubai
54match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxDubai
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)UAE Dirham (AED)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxDubai
City population267,9913,944,751
People per km²5,425-
Museums within 10 km1814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.