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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Ljubljana 22, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Tamarindo 38: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Tamarindo 5: Ljubljana leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Tamarindo 76: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Tamarindo 28: Ljubljana leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Tamarindo 32: Ljubljana leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Tamarindo 18: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Tamarindo 36: Ljubljana leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Tamarindo 10: Ljubljana leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 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. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaTamarindo
Official languageSloveneSpanish
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
Elevation309 m27 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaTamarindo
City population284,2937,132
People per km²1,73657
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.