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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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. Goreme 3, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Goreme leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Goreme leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Goreme leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Goreme leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Goreme leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
Best match
41match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GoremeSan Jose, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeSan 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
Elevation1,100 m1,161 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population2,000335,007
People per km²207,511
Museums within 10 km59
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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.