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Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Tamarindo or The Hague?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Tamarindo leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Tamarindo 38, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Tamarindo 5, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Tamarindo 45, The Hague 38: Tamarindo leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tamarindo 76, The Hague 52: Tamarindo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Tamarindo 28, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Tamarindo 55, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Tamarindo 32, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Tamarindo 18, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Tamarindo 36, The Hague 35: Tamarindo leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tamarindo 10, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tamarindo and The Hague are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tamarindo and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TamarindoThe Hague

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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tamarindo: 1991-2020 normals, Liberia (53.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTamarindoThe Hague
Official languageSpanishDutch
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation27 m1 m
Main airportDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTamarindoThe Hague
City population7,132548,320
People per km²575,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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). 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. 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.