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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baden-Baden 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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Baden-Baden 8, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Tamarindo 38: Baden-Baden leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Tamarindo 5: Baden-Baden leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Tamarindo 28: Baden-Baden leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Tamarindo 32: Baden-Baden leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Tamarindo 18: Baden-Baden leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Tamarindo 36: Tamarindo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Tamarindo 10: Baden-Baden leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Tamarindo 45: Baden-Baden leads by 51 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Tamarindo
39match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 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

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. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenTamarindo
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation181 m27 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenTamarindo
City population56,9527,132
People per km²40657
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.