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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cairo 10, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, La Romana 38: Cairo leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, La Romana 24: Cairo leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, La Romana 30: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, La Romana 62: La Romana leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, La Romana 52: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, La Romana 24: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, La Romana 28: Cairo leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, La Romana 50: Cairo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, La Romana 17: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and La Romana.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoLa Romana
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m10 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoLa Romana
City population9,801,536139,238
People per km²18,564512
Museums within 10 km480
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.