Once a quiet fishing village on Costa Rica's Guanacaste coast, Tamarindo has grown into one of Central America's most popular surf towns. Playa Grande, just north, is one of the world's most important nesting sites for the endangered leatherback sea turtle. The area was inhabited by the Chorotega indigenous people before Spanish colonization and retains a distinctly Pacific tropical character.
Nights sit around 25°C and afternoons around 30°C.
Tamarindo barely changes season: afternoons sit around 32°C and nights around 25°C most of the year.
There is a clear wet season from May – October, peaking in October with around 387 mm. The dry months run from December – March.
Wind is rarely an issue; most months sit between calm and a light breeze. The air stays clean through the year.
Daylight is steady all year, around 12.0 hours a day.
For what you're after, the best months in Tamarindo are November – April. Expect fast internet (203 Mbps) and a high cost of living (about €1600 a month).
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