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The beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription, Agadir
AgadirThe beach below the Kasbah hill and its inscription
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Agadir by michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Agadir or La Romana?

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 Agadir for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose La Romana for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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. Agadir 72, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Agadir 50, La Romana 38: Agadir leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Agadir 22, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Agadir 33, La Romana 30: Agadir leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Agadir 65, La Romana 62: Agadir leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Agadir 38, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Agadir 58, La Romana 56: Agadir leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Agadir 45, La Romana 24: Agadir leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Agadir 38, La Romana 28: Agadir leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Agadir 70, La Romana 50: Agadir leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Agadir 18, La Romana 17: Agadir leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Agadir 60, La Romana 44: Agadir leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Agadir and La Romana.

Your match

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

Agadir
Best match
47match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Agadir in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
19 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AgadirLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Agadir 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.

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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. Agadir: 1945-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Agadir (4.5 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAgadirLa Romana
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightSpanish
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation74 m10 m
Main airportAl Massira Airport (AGA)20 km from centre75 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAgadirLa Romana
City population538,000139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. 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.