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Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan
Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo

Photos: Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Stockholm 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 Stockholm for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • 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. Stockholm 40, Tamarindo 85: Tamarindo leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Stockholm 64, Tamarindo 38: Stockholm leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Stockholm 77, Tamarindo 5: Stockholm leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Stockholm 57, Tamarindo 45: Stockholm leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Stockholm 72, Tamarindo 76: Tamarindo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Stockholm 68, Tamarindo 28: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Stockholm 82, Tamarindo 55: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Stockholm 84, Tamarindo 32: Stockholm leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Stockholm 70, Tamarindo 18: Stockholm leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Stockholm 30, Tamarindo 36: Tamarindo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Stockholm 65, Tamarindo 10: Stockholm leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Stockholm 56, Tamarindo 45: Stockholm leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Stockholm and Tamarindo.

Your match

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

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tamarindo
39match

Wins on beaches 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.

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

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. Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre). Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStockholmTamarindo
Official languageSwedishSpanish
CurrencySwedish Krona (SEK)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation22 m27 m
Main airportStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinationsDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureStockholmTamarindo
City population984,7487,132
People per km²5,26057
Museums within 10 km2660
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.