Biarritz
Reaching Biarritz from London emits 26.5 kg CO₂e return by rail (9h 48m each way) against 226 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 21.3 °C in August and 8.4 °C in January.
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. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Biarritz is warmest in August (21.3 °C), sunniest in May (11.5 h a day), driest in July; coldest in January (8.4 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1,098 km | 32.4 kg | 10h 12m | 276 kg | 5h |
| Barcelona | 383 km | 11.3 kg | 7h | 96.4 kg | 4h |
| Berlin | 1,495 km | 44.1 kg | 15h 36m | 376 kg | 5h 30m |
| Birmingham | 1,001 km | 39.6 kg | 12h 36m | 252 kg | 4h 48m |
| Bristol | 890 km | 40.3 kg | 12h 48m | 224 kg | 4h 42m |
| Brussels | 933 km | 27.5 kg | 8h 18m | 235 kg | 4h 42m |
| Cardiff | 898 km | 43.5 kg | 13h 6m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Copenhagen | 1,689 km | 49.8 kg | 21h 6m | 425 kg | 5h 48m |
| Dublin | 1,148 km | — | — | 289 kg | 5h |
| Edinburgh | 1,392 km | 69.4 kg | 15h 36m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 1,072 km | 31.6 kg | 10h 30m | 270 kg | 4h 54m |
| Glasgow | 1,390 km | 71.2 kg | 15h 42m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Leeds | 1,147 km | 48.4 kg | 13h 24m | 289 kg | 5h |
| Lisbon | 827 km | 24.4 kg | 13h 54m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Liverpool | 1,109 km | 49.6 kg | 13h 24m | 279 kg | 5h |
| London | 899 km | 26.5 kg | 9h 48m | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 384 km | 11.3 kg | 6h 54m | 96.6 kg | 4h |
| Manchester | 1,113 km | 47.6 kg | 13h 18m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Milan | 880 km | 26.0 kg | 13h 54m | 221 kg | 4h 42m |
| Munich | 1,140 km | 33.6 kg | 12h 36m | 287 kg | 5h |
| Newcastle | 1,278 km | 58.5 kg | 14h 6m | 321 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,054 km | 40.6 kg | 12h 54m | 265 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 2,007 km | 59.2 kg | 30h 42m | 505 kg | 6h 12m |
| Paris | 669 km | 19.7 kg | 5h 30m | 168 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 1,417 km | 41.8 kg | 19h 24m | 356 kg | 5h 24m |
| Rome | 1,162 km | 34.3 kg | 17h 54m | 292 kg | 5h |
| Sheffield | 1,101 km | 44.8 kg | 13h 12m | 277 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 826 km | 35.5 kg | 12h 30m | 208 kg | 4h 36m |
| Stockholm | 2,209 km | 65.2 kg | 27h 24m | 556 kg | 6h 24m |
| Vienna | 1,481 km | 43.7 kg | 17h 42m | 372 kg | 5h 30m |
| Warsaw | 1,933 km | 57.0 kg | 23h 6m | 486 kg | 6h 6m |
| Zurich | 898 km | 26.5 kg | 11h | 226 kg | 4h 42m |
The year in Biarritz
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.4 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 19.1 | 17.6 | 12.9 | 9.5 |
| Sun h/day | 5.6 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Rain mm/day | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| Sea °C | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 16.3 | 20.2 | 22.1 | 23.0 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 14.6 |
When to go
Biarritz is warmest in August at 21.3 °C but brightest in May, averaging 11.5 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.4 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in France emits about 6.7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 47 kg — about 4.2× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Barcelona. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Pyrénées-Atlantiques records 10.1 overnight stays per resident a year (7,226,999 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.
Where to stay in Biarritz
Places to stay in Biarritz, France, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.