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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

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. Mumbai 18, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Mumbai leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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
No seasea
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

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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSan Jose, Costa Rica
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
Elevation14 m1,161 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population15,414,288335,007
People per km²25,5637,511
Museums within 10 km19
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.