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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Antwerp 15, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Tamarindo 38: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Tamarindo 5: Antwerp leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Tamarindo 45: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Tamarindo 28: Antwerp leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Tamarindo 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Tamarindo 32: Antwerp leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Tamarindo 18: Antwerp leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Tamarindo 36: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Tamarindo 10: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Tamarindo
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.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Tamarindo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

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. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpTamarindo
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m27 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpTamarindo
City population529,2477,132
People per km²2,54257
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.