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The Taj Mahal reflected in its pool, Agra
AgraThe Taj Mahal reflected in its pool
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Agra by Sanket Sawale, Pexels License; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Agra or Tamarindo?

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 Agra for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tamarindo’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. Agra 3, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Agra 42, Tamarindo 38: Agra leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Agra 80, Tamarindo 5: Agra leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Agra 7, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agra 30, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Agra 70, Tamarindo 28: Agra leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Agra 20, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Agra 28, Tamarindo 32: Tamarindo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Agra 38, Tamarindo 18: Agra leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Agra 90, Tamarindo 36: Agra leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agra and Tamarindo are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Agra 15, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agra and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Agra
36match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Tamarindo
Best match
39match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Agra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Tamarindo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Agra has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Tamarindo's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Liberia.

Tamarindo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Agra: 1942-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agra (6.2 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgraTamarindo
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-6
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation171 m27 m
Main airportAgra Airport / Agra Air Force Station (AGR)6 km from centre2 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgraTamarindo
City population1,585,7057,132
People per km²8,41757
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.