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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Bodrum or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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 Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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. Bodrum 80, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: Bodrum leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Bodrum leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Bodrum leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Bodrum leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Bodrum leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BodrumSan Jose, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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.

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,161 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population175,000335,007
People per km²3147,511
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.