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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

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

Avignon 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 Avignon for

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

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Avignon 22, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, La Romana 38: Avignon leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, La Romana 24: Avignon leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Avignon and La Romana are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, La Romana 62: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, La Romana 52: Avignon leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, La Romana 24: Avignon leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, La Romana 28: Avignon leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, La Romana 17: Avignon leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and La Romana.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AvignonLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLa Romana
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLa Romana
City population92,188139,238
People per km²1,420512
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.