Best time to visit Biarritz

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Biarritz

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Go in May–Aug — these months score within a whisker of each other; 25C max, 5 rainy days. Oct is the next best.

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Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	11°	13d	79%	5.5h	ok	11C max, 13 rainy days
Feb	14°	11d	78%	7.0h	ok	14C max, 11 rainy days
Mar	15°	13d	75%	8.6h	ok	15C max, 13 rainy days
Apr	18°	12d	76%	9.6h	good	18C max, 12 rainy days
May	20°	11d	78%	11.0h	sweet spot	20C max, 11 rainy days
Jun	23°	9d	79%	11.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	25°	5d	79%	12.1h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	25°	7d	78%	11.5h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Sep	23°	9d	78%	10.1h	good	23C max, 9 rainy days
Oct	21°	11d	78%	7.7h	good	21C max, 11 rainy days
Nov	16°	14d	79%	6.1h	ok	16C max, 14 rainy days
Dec	13°	14d	81%	5.0h	ok	13C max, 14 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from June to August; quietest from October to March.

Then and now

Biarritz's June days now average 23.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	10.7°	11.7°	13.2°	15.1°	17.6°	20.3°	22.9°	22.8°	22.4°	19.2°	14.6°	11.8°
2017–26	11.4°	14.1°	15.5°	17.6°	19.7°	23.3°	24.6°	25.3°	23.4°	20.7°	15.6°	13.2°
Change	+0.7°	+2.4°	+2.3°	+2.5°	+2.2°	+3.1°	+1.7°	+2.4°	+1.0°	+1.5°	+1.0°	+1.4°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Biarritz is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 230 / 400 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for France: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Visa, Mastercard and French CB cards work in almost all shops, restaurants and hotels, and contactless is widespread. Some places post a minimum spend for cards.
UPI, for visitors from India — Only at a few places, through Lyra: Eiffel Tower tickets bought online and the Galeries Lafayette store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Bring a card for everything else.
Tipping — Not expected, as service is included by law; locals leave small change or a few euros for good service. Taxi tips are optional.

Getting around Biarritz

Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, G7, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Biarritz is very pedestrianised, and it is easy to get around the town centre, to the beaches, and to the best spots for surfing or shopping. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Biarritz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Biarritz in pictures

Biarritz Sainte Eugénie HDR — i

Eusebius, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grande plage de Biarritz en 2025 — i

Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hôtel du Palais de Biarritz — i

Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roche Ronde (Biarritz) — i

Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

La Frégate (Biarritz) — i

Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Biarritz is like

Biarritz is a large beachside town on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in south-west France. It is known for the Hôtel du Palais, built for the Empress Eugénie around 1855, its casinos, and its surfing culture. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Biarritz is famous for its coast and the rocks in the sea. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: The beaches are excellent and this is a major surf resort. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Biarritz is adjacent to Bayonne and Anglet and 11 miles (18 km) from the border with Spain. Biarritz is about 7½ hours from Paris, at about 480 miles (775 km). More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Biarritz, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Biarritz is in France, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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