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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Juan 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 Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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 Juan 84, Tallinn 28: San Juan leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Tallinn 52: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Tallinn 44: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Tallinn 55: San Juan leads by 19 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Tallinn 40: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Tallinn 50: San Juan leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Tallinn.

Your match

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

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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 JuanTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanTallinn
Official languageSpanish, EnglishEstonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m28 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanTallinn
City population342,259457,572
People per km²2,8472,871
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.