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Playa Tamarindo, Tamarindo
TamarindoPlaya Tamarindo
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Tamarindo by Jarle Naustvik, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tamarindo or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Tamarindo leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Tamarindo 38, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Tamarindo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Tamarindo 5, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Tamarindo 45, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Tamarindo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tamarindo 76, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Tamarindo 28, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Tamarindo 55, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Tamarindo 32, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Tamarindo 18, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Tamarindo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Tamarindo 36, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Tamarindo leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tamarindo 10, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tamarindo 45, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tamarindo and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Tamarindo
Best match
39match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTamarindoWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCosta Rican Colon (CRC)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation27 m2,759 m
Main airportDaniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR)43 km from centre30 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTamarindoWinter Park, Colorado
City population7,1321,033
People per km²5724
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.