Biarritz
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📷 W. Bulach· CC BY-SA 4.0Reine des plages | Queen of the beaches
About
Biarritz is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the border with Spain. It is a luxurious seaside tourist destination known for the Hôtel du Palais, its seafront casinos, and its surfing culture.
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The next week in Biarritz
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Rain
14° / 10°
8.1 mm
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
16° / 13°
2.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
16° / 12°
1.6 mm
UV High
Mon
Overcast
20° / 8°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
21° / 12°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
19° / 13°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 4°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.7h
06:42 – 21:22local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Biarritz
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ) at 3 km.
Getting around Biarritz
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, SanchoPanzaXXI.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.