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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida 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 Naples, Florida for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’s own page.

Choose Tamarindo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Naples, Florida 87, Tamarindo 85: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Tamarindo 38: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Tamarindo 5: Naples, Florida leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Tamarindo 28: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Tamarindo 55: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Tamarindo 32: Tamarindo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Tamarindo 18: Naples, Florida leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Tamarindo 36: Tamarindo leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Tamarindo 10: Naples, Florida leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida and Tamarindo are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
Best match
44match

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

Tamarindo
39match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tamarindo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
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

Naples, Florida 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.

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. Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaTamarindo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m27 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaTamarindo
City population19,1157,132
People per km²45057
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.