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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Delhi 4, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Tamarindo 38: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Tamarindo 5: Delhi leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Tamarindo 28: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Tamarindo 32: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Tamarindo 18: Delhi leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Tamarindo 36: Delhi leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Tamarindo 10: Delhi leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiTamarindo
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
Elevation221 m27 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiTamarindo
City population26,495,0007,132
People per km²18,96257
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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.