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The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Jose or Tallinn?

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 for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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 30, Tallinn 28: San Jose leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. San Jose 56, Tallinn 52: San Jose leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. San Jose 36, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. San Jose 33, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Jose 72, Tallinn 55: San Jose leads by 17 points.
Day trips. San Jose 78, Tallinn 58: San Jose leads by 20 points.
Good for families. San Jose 65, Tallinn 60: San Jose leads by 5 points.
Getting around. San Jose 30, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. San Jose 48, Tallinn 40: San Jose leads by 8 points.
Affordability. San Jose 20, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Jose 38, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Jose 30, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Jose and Tallinn.

Your match

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

San Jose
45match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around 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 in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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San JoseTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JoseTallinn
Official language-Estonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation25 m28 m
Main airportMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JoseTallinn
City population1,013,240457,572
People per km²2,1672,871
Museums within 10 km1916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.