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Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Clearwater or Santo Domingo?

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 Clearwater for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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. Clearwater 90, Santo Domingo 58: Clearwater leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Clearwater 38, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Clearwater 18, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Clearwater 34, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Clearwater 55, Santo Domingo 36: Clearwater leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Clearwater 58, Santo Domingo 44: Clearwater leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Clearwater 78, Santo Domingo 40: Clearwater leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Clearwater 28, Santo Domingo 40: Santo Domingo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Clearwater 27, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Clearwater 35, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Clearwater 36, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Clearwater 40, Santo Domingo 22: Clearwater leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Clearwater and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Clearwater
45match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 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

Clearwater 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.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Santo Domingo 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. Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureClearwaterSanto Domingo
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation9 m14 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureClearwaterSanto Domingo
City population117,2922,201,941
People per km²1,1541,691
Museums within 10 km410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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). 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. 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.