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Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
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Photos: Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Tamarindo or Turin?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Tamarindo leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Tamarindo 38, Turin 81: Turin leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Tamarindo 5, Turin 78: Turin leads by 73 points.
Nightlife. Tamarindo 45, Turin 50: Turin leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tamarindo 76, Turin 80: Turin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Tamarindo 28, Turin 84: Turin leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Tamarindo 55, Turin 57: Turin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Tamarindo 32, Turin 68: Turin leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Tamarindo 18, Turin 58: Turin leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Tamarindo 36, Turin 58: Turin leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tamarindo 10, Turin 65: Turin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tamarindo 45, Turin 40: Tamarindo leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tamarindo and Turin.

Your match

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

Tamarindo
39match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 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.

Turin 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). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTamarindoTurin
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation27 m239 m
Main airportDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTamarindoTurin
City population7,132841,600
People per km²576,474
Museums within 10 km072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.