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Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tamarindo or Vilnius?

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 Vilnius for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Tamarindo leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Tamarindo 38, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Tamarindo 5, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Tamarindo 45, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tamarindo 76, Vilnius 52: Tamarindo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Tamarindo 28, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tamarindo 55, Vilnius 44: Tamarindo leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Tamarindo 32, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Tamarindo 18, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tamarindo 36, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tamarindo 10, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tamarindo 45, Vilnius 34: Tamarindo leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tamarindo and Vilnius.

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.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTamarindoVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation27 m98 m
Main airportDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTamarindoVilnius
City population7,132619,405
People per km²571,545
Museums within 10 km031
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.