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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • 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. Cadiz 80, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, La Romana 38: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, La Romana 24: Cadiz leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, La Romana 30: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, La Romana 62: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, La Romana 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, La Romana 56: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, La Romana 24: Cadiz leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, La Romana 28: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, La Romana 50: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, La Romana 17: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and La Romana.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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Where the figures come from

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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizLa Romana
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizLa Romana
City population109,950139,238
People per km²9,087512
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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). 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. 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.