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Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Tamarindo or Tbilisi?

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 Tamarindo for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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. Tamarindo 85, Tbilisi 7: Tamarindo leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Tamarindo 38, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Tamarindo 5, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Tamarindo 45, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tamarindo 76, Tbilisi 58: Tamarindo leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Tamarindo 28, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Tamarindo 55, Tbilisi 45: Tamarindo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Tamarindo 32, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Tamarindo 18, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Tamarindo 36, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tamarindo 10, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tamarindo 45, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tamarindo and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Tamarindo
39match

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

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tamarindo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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. Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTamarindoTbilisi
Official languageSpanishGeorgian
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+4
Emergency number911112
Elevation27 m575 m
Main airportDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureTamarindoTbilisi
City population7,1321,331,485
People per km²571,849
Museums within 10 km029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.