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The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose
The City Palace from Lake Pichola, Udaipur
UdaipurThe City Palace from Lake Pichola

Photos: San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0; Udaipur by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

San Jose, Costa Rica or Udaipur?

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 San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’s own page.

Choose Udaipur for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Udaipur’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. San Jose, Costa Rica 12, Udaipur 5: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. San Jose, Costa Rica and Udaipur are level on 42.
Culture & sights. San Jose, Costa Rica 38, Udaipur 66: Udaipur leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. San Jose, Costa Rica 40, Udaipur 18: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Jose, Costa Rica 78, Udaipur 44: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 34 points.
Day trips. San Jose, Costa Rica 52, Udaipur 68: Udaipur leads by 16 points.
Good for families. San Jose, Costa Rica 44, Udaipur 32: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 12 points.
Getting around. San Jose, Costa Rica 30, Udaipur 28: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. San Jose, Costa Rica 36, Udaipur 48: Udaipur leads by 12 points.
Affordability. San Jose, Costa Rica 54, Udaipur 86: Udaipur leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Jose, Costa Rica 38, Udaipur 32: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Jose, Costa Rica 28, Udaipur 45: Udaipur leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Jose, Costa Rica and Udaipur.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

Udaipur
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Udaipur in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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San Jose, Costa RicaUdaipur

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.

Udaipur 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. San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre). Udaipur: 1978-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Udaipur Dabok (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Jose, Costa RicaUdaipur
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation1,161 m578 m
Main airportJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsMaharana Pratap Airport (UDR)22 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan Jose, Costa RicaUdaipur
City population335,007451,100
People per km²7,51112,192
Museums within 10 km93
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.