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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sarajevo 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 Sarajevo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Sarajevo 6, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Tamarindo 38: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Tamarindo 5: Sarajevo leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Tamarindo 76: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Tamarindo 28: Sarajevo leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Tamarindo 55: Tamarindo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Tamarindo 32: Sarajevo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Tamarindo 18: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Tamarindo 36: Sarajevo leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Tamarindo 10: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Tamarindo 45: Tamarindo leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Tamarindo
39match

Wins on beaches 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.

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tamarindo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoTamarindo
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation518 m27 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoTamarindo
City population275,5247,132
People per km²1,94757
Museums within 10 km250
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.