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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Beaver Creek 6, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek and La Romana are level on 38.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, La Romana 24: La Romana leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, La Romana 30: La Romana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, La Romana 62: Beaver Creek leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, La Romana 52: La Romana leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek 62, La Romana 56: Beaver Creek leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, La Romana 24: Beaver Creek leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, La Romana 50: La Romana leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, La Romana 17: Beaver Creek leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, La Romana 44: Beaver Creek leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and La Romana.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

La Romana
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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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Beaver CreekLa Romana

Where the figures come from

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekLa Romana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,264 m10 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekLa Romana
City population-139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.