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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade 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 Belgrade for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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. Belgrade 40, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Tamarindo 38: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Tamarindo 5: Belgrade leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Tamarindo 45: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Tamarindo 28: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Tamarindo 32: Belgrade leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Tamarindo 18: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Tamarindo 36: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Tamarindo 10: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 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: Belgrade and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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.

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeTamarindo
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m27 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeTamarindo
City population1,197,7147,132
People per km²3,32757
Museums within 10 km650
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.